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The study was supported in part by the National Institute of Health and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD, Grant Number U54HD070725). The U54 project is co-funded by the NICHD and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR). Dr Weidong Qu’s effort is also supported by a research grant from the Chinese national science foundation (80173025).

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  1. Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Systems-Oriented Global Childhood Obesity Intervention Program, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Y Wang

  2. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA

    L Wang

  3. Key National Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Chinese Ministry of Education,

    W Qu

  4. Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    W Qu

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Wang, Y., Wang, L. & Qu, W. New national data show alarming increase in obesity and noncommunicable chronic diseases in China. Eur J Clin Nutr 71, 149–150 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2016.171

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