Commentary: Understanding the epidemiology of overweight and obesity--a real global public health concern

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Commentary: Understanding the epidemiology of overweight and obesity--a real global public health concern

Soowon Kim ¹ and Barry M. Popkin ² ^*

¹ Department of Family and Community Medicine, Center on Social Disparities in Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
² Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Barry M. Popkin, E-mail: popkin{at}unc.edu

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