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Original Article

Emerging obesity among preschool-aged Canadian Inuit children: results from the Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey

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Pages 151-157 | Received 27 Jul 2009, Accepted 22 Jan 2010, Published online: 26 Apr 2010

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