Long-term morbidity and mortality of overweight adolescents. A follow-up of the Harvard Growth Study of 1922 to 1935.

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Published in N Engl J Med on November 05, 1992

Authors

A Must1, P F Jacques, G E Dallal, C J Bajema, W H Dietz

Author Affiliations

1: Epidemiology Program, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111.

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