The Long-Run Growth in Obesity as a Function of Technological Change
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- Tomas J. Philipson & Richard A. Posner, 1999. "The Long-Run Growth in Obesity as a Function of Technological Change," NBER Working Papers 7423, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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obesity; technology; calorie;All these keywords.
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- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
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