Epidemiology of overweight and obesity in a Greek adult population: the ATTICA Study.

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Published in Obes Res on December 01, 2004

Authors

Demosthenes B Panagiotakos1, Christos Pitsavos, Christina Chrysohoou, Grigoris Risvas, Meropi D Kontogianni, Antonis Zampelas, Christodoulos Stefanadis

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece. d.b.panagiotakos@usa.net

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