The obesity epidemic in the Americas: making healthy choices the easiest choices.

Rev Panam Salud Publica

Pan American Health Organization, Family and Community Health, Nutrition Unit, 525 West 23rd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA.

Published: April 2004

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