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Is obesity an eating disorder?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Susan A. Jebb
Affiliation:
MRC Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2DH
Andrew M. Prentice
Affiliation:
MRC Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2DH
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1995

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