Educating and Nudging Parents of Overweight Schoolchildren Reduces Excess Body Fat—Especially for Girls
Childhood obesity is surging in urban areas of Vietnam, but most strategies for tackling it come from high-income countries, making
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Childhood obesity is surging in urban areas of Vietnam, but most strategies for tackling it come from high-income countries, making
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Read MoreDoes education extend lives? This is still debated because more educated people generally differ from less educated people in many
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