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The obesity epidemic cannot be reversed solely by promoting individual behavior change.
Practitioners should consider policy initiatives alongside individual behavior change to address obesity.
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the obesity epidemic cannot be reversed solely by promoting individual behavior change.
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The Role of Public Policy in Treating the Epidemic of Global Obesity
James O. Hill et al. · Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics · 2007
DOI 10.1038/sj.clpt.6100107
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