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Childhood obesity and walking: guidelines and challenges

Sarah P. ShultzInstitute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Raymond C. BrowningDepartment of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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Yves SchutzDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Claudio MaffeisDepartment of Sciences of Life and Reproduction, Section of Pediatrics, Regional Center for Juvenile Diabetes, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Andrew P. HillsInstitute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Pages 332-341 | Received 04 Jun 2010, Published online: 22 Jul 2011

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