Increasing prevalence of overweight, obesity and physical inactivity: two population-based studies 1986 and 1994.

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Published in Eur J Public Health on December 01, 2003

Authors

Martin Lindström1, Sven-Olof Isacsson, Juan Merlo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Community Medicine, University Hospital MAS, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden. martin.lindstrom@smi.mas.lu.se

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