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Katz, D.L., Faridi, Z. (2007). Health Care System Approaches to Obesity Prevention and Control. In: Kumanyika, S., Brownson, R.C. (eds) Handbook of Obesity Prevention. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-47860-9_14

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