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THE FORTY-SECOND AMY MORRIS HOMANS COMMEMORATIVE LECTURE 2008

Producing Little Decision Makers and Goal Setters in the Age of the Obesity Crisis

Michael Gard School of Human Movement Studies, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 488-502 | Published online: 14 Feb 2012

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