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XYZ contributed to data curation and writing of the original draft. WYY ontributed to the investigation of the data and writing of the original draft. XYZ and WYY contributed equally to this work. FYZ and YLZ contributed to the supervision. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.
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Zhang, XY., Yang, WY., Yang, J. et al. Epidemiological characteristics of childhood obesity in eastern China, 2017–2019. World J Pediatr 15, 412–414 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-019-00298-4
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