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Fear of fatness and adolescent girls: Implications for obesity prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2008

Mary A. T. Flynn
Mary A. T. Flynn
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Department of Biological Sciences, Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland
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Symposium on ‘Nutritional issues for women’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 56 , Issue 1B , March 1997 , pp. 305 - 317
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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