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International Journal of Public Health
Published in: International Journal of Public Health 4/2012

01-08-2012 | Editorial

The single most important intervention to tackle obesity…

Author: Harry Rutter

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 4/2012

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Excerpt

I was asked recently to name the single most important intervention to reduce childhood obesity. My weary reply was that the single most important intervention is to understand that there is no single most important intervention. This was greeted with predictable dismay, and groans of derision from my colleagues, who chided me for imperious ivory-towered idealism. But I stand by my response. …
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Metadata
Title
The single most important intervention to tackle obesity…
Author
Harry Rutter
Publication date
01-08-2012
Publisher
SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Published in
International Journal of Public Health / Issue 4/2012
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-012-0385-6

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