Ecological and cultural differences in the relationships between diet, obesity and serum lipid concentrations in a polynesian populationFootnote†

This study was supported by Grant A 650 1831 from the Direction Generale de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique, Paris, and conducted by D. Ferembach, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Biologique, E.P.H.E., Paris, and by grants from the RCP 080601 “Magnesium et Oligoelements,” Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.

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