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Obesity and Health: why Slim?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Mary A. T. Flynn  and
Michale J. Gibney
Mary A. T. Flynn
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Medical School, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland
Michale J. Gibney
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Medical School, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland
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Symposium on ‘Slimming’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , August 1991 , pp. 413 - 432
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