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Children Obesity from Global Determinants to Local Consequences: The Indian Perspective

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This work is partially supported by an unrestricted grant from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate General for Country Promotion, and from Prochild ONLUS (Italy).

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  1. Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Via Loredan, 18, 35121, Padova, Italy

    Dario Gregori & Ileana Baldi

  2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

    Achal Gulati

  3. College of Nursing, Lakeside Institute of Child Health, Lakeside Hospital, Bangalore, India

    Haralappa Paramesh & Elizabeth Cherian Paramesh

  4. Madras ENT Research Foundation (P) Ltd. (MERF), Chennai, India

    Mohan Kameswaran

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Gregori, D., Gulati, A., Paramesh, H. et al. Children Obesity from Global Determinants to Local Consequences: The Indian Perspective. Indian J Pediatr 81 (Suppl 1), 2–4 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-014-1538-9

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