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International Journal of Epidemiology, doi:10.1093/ije/dyi254
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2005; all rights reserved.

Point-Counterpoint

The epidemiology of overweight and obesity: public health crisis or moral panic?

Paul Campos 1 *, Abigail Saguy 2, Paul Ernsberger 3, Eric Oliver 4, and Glenn Gaesser 5

1 School of Law, University of Colorado, CO, USA
2 Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
3 Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, OH, USA
4 Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
5 Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, VA, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Paul Campos, E-mail: paul.campos{at}colorado.edu



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