Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey.

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Published in BMJ on May 06, 2000

Authors

T J Cole1, M C Bellizzi, K M Flegal, W H Dietz

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH. tim.cole@ich.ucl.ac.uk

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