Trends in professional advice to lose weight among obese adults, 1994 to 2000.

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Published in J Gen Intern Med on September 01, 2005

Authors

J Elizabeth Jackson1, Mark P Doescher, Barry G Saver, L Gary Hart

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-4696, USA.

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