The Super Size of America: An Economic Estimation of Body Mass Index and Obesity in Adults

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Eastern Economic Journal

• Publication date

  2005-08-01

• Fields of study

  Economics

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  DOI 10.3386/W11584
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