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Is obesity an eating disorder?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Susan A. Jebb  and
Andrew M. Prentice
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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Meeting Report
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , November 1995 , pp. 721 - 728
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1995

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