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The article offers information on a survey conducted by the Canadian Obesity Network-Réseau canadien en obésité which indicated that 84% of Canadians with severe obesity are motivated to lose weight and eight in 10 respondents say their main motivating factor is to improve their overall...
- Update on overweight in adolescents. // American Family Physician;3/1/1995, Vol. 51 Issue 4, p976
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