Should health policy focus on physical activity rather than obesity? Yes.

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Published in BMJ on May 25, 2010

Authors

Richard Weiler1, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Steven Blair

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London W6 8RF. richard.weiler@uclmail.net

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