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Family Practice Vol. 19, No. 5, 571
© Oxford University Press 2002

Book review

Obesity and overweight matters in primary care.

Ruth Chambers, Gill Wakley. (196 pages, £19.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2002. ISBN 1-85775-514-6.

Jose Cheng

Primary care physician, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

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In the developed countries with unprecedented prosperity, obesity has become a major scourge to health. The prevalence rate of obesity has increased rapidly in recent . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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