Unequal weight: equity oriented policy responses to the global obesity epidemic

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2007-12-13

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Chopra, Mickey
Satcher, David
Friel, Sharon

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BMJ Publishing Group

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Obesity is a global problem, unequally distributed between and within countries. In affluent societies excess weight is more common among socially disadvantaged groups, but the inverse is true in low income countries

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global, obesity, epidemic

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BMJ 335 (2007): 1241 - 1243

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