Fast-food and sweetened beverage consumption: association with overweight and high waist circumference in adolescents

Damian K Francis; Jan Van den Broeck; Novie Younger; Shelly McFarlane; Kimberley Rudder; Georgianna Gordon-Strachan; Andrienne Grant; Ayesha Johnson; Marshall Tulloch-Reid; Rainford Wilks

doi:10.1017/S1368980009004960

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