Trends and racial/ethnic disparities in severe obesity among US children and adolescents, 1976-2006.

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Published in Int J Pediatr Obes on March 17, 2010

Authors

Y Claire Wang1, Steven L Gortmaker, Elsie M Taveras

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.

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