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‘Exergaming,’ corporate interests and the crisis discourse of childhood obesity

Carolyn J. Vander Schee Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Deron Boyles Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pages 169-185 | Published online: 04 May 2010

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