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Behavioral risk factors for obesity during health transition in Vanuatu, South Pacific

The South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu, like many developing countries, is currently experiencing a shift in disease burdens from infectious to chronic diseases with economic development. A rapid increase in obesity prevalence represents one component of this “health transition.” We sought to iden...

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Autores principales:	Dancause, Kelsey Needham, Vilar, Miguel, Wilson, Michelle, Soloway, Laura E, DeHuff, Christa, Chan, Chim, Tarivonda, Len, Regenvanu, Ralph, Kaneko, Akira, Lum, J Koji, Garruto, Ralph M
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	2013
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605745/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23505203 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.20082

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