Stemming the tide of obesity: What needs to happen
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Obesity; Anti-obesity policy; Social movement; Personal capital; Health capital; Infrastructure of obesity;All these keywords.
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- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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