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Prevalence of and risk factors for childhood overweight and obesity

Paul J. Veugelers and Angela L. Fitzgerald
CMAJ September 13, 2005 173 (6) 607-613; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.050445
Paul J. Veugelers
From the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Veugelers) and the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (Veugelers, Fitzgerald)
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Angela L. Fitzgerald
From the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Veugelers) and the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (Veugelers, Fitzgerald)
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vol. 173 no. 6 607-613
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.050445
PubMed 
16157724
History 
  • Published online September 12, 2005.
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  1. Paul J. Veugelers,
  2. Angela L. Fitzgerald
  1. From the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Veugelers) and the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (Veugelers, Fitzgerald)
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr. Paul J. Veugelers, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, 13–106D Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton AB T6G 2G3; fax 780 492-0364; paul.veugelers{at}ualberta.ca
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