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Socioeconomic characteristics and obesity-related psycho-social profiles

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Fuentes, S. Socioeconomic characteristics and obesity-related psycho-social profiles. Eat Weight Disord 24, 979–980 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-019-00717-5

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