Treating obesity in individuals and populations
- 8 December 2005
- Vol. 331 (7529) , 1387-1390
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1387
Abstract
I systematically searched the literature during January 2004 and synthesised the results of systematic reviews of obesity treatment and prevention. The methods and results are fully described in the monograph “What works for obesity?” (www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/obesity.pdf).Keywords
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