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Are Belgian toddlers over-eating?

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  1. DONALD Study Dortmund, Department of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Nutritional and Food Sciences (IEL), University of Bonn, Dortmund, Germany

    Ute Alexy

  2. Faculty of Food, Nutrition and Hospitality Sciences, University of Applied Science Niederrhein, Rheydter Str. 277, 41065, Mönchengladbach, Germany

    Annett Hilbig

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Alexy, U., Hilbig, A. Are Belgian toddlers over-eating?. Eur J Nutr 56, 445–446 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-016-1339-1

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