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Combating pediatric obesity in Germany: the role of economic findings in informing policy

Jürgen John Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany. [email protected]
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Christina M Teuner Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management and Munich Center of Health Sciences, Munich, Germany; Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management and Munich Center of Health Sciences, Munich, Germany
Pages 733-743 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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