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Research Article

Socio-cognitive barriers to healthy eating among mothers: A segmentation analysis in Argentina, France, and Denmark

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Pages 1252-1272 | Received 26 Apr 2021, Accepted 28 Jun 2022, Published online: 02 Aug 2022

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