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Modifying the environment is necessary to permanently reduce the prevalence of obesity.
Interventions should focus on environmental changes to combat obesity.
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it likely will be necessary to modify the environment we have created to permanently reduce the prevalence of obesity in the population.
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The claim is based on a logical conclusion drawn from observed trends.
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Modifying the Environment to Reverse Obesity
James O. Hill et al. · Environmental Health Perspectives · 2005
DOI 10.1289/ehp.7812
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