Direct medical cost of overweight and obesity in the USA: a quantitative systematic review.

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Published in Obes Rev on January 01, 2011

Authors

A G Tsai1, D F Williamson, H A Glick

Author Affiliations

1: Division of General Internal Medicine and Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA. adam.tsai@ucdenver.edu

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