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News from the NIH: research to evaluate “natural experiments” related to obesity and diabetes

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  1. National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Christine M. Hunter PhD

  2. National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Robin A. McKinnon PhD

  3. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Layla Esposito PhD

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Hunter, C.M., McKinnon, R.A. & Esposito, L. News from the NIH: research to evaluate “natural experiments” related to obesity and diabetes. Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res. 4, 127–129 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13142-013-0250-z

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