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Healthy Habits among Adolescents: Sleep, Exercise, Diet, and Body Image

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Harris, K.M., King, R.B., Gordon-Larsen, P. (2005). Healthy Habits among Adolescents: Sleep, Exercise, Diet, and Body Image. In: Moore, K.A., Lippman, L.H. (eds) What Do Children Need to Flourish?. The Search Institute Series on Developmentally Attentive Community and Society, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23823-9_8

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