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The downside of weight loss

Realistic intervention in body-weight trajectory

N. John Bosomworth
Canadian Family Physician May 2012; 58 (5) 517-523;
N. John Bosomworth
MD CCFP FCFP
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vol. 58 no. 5 517-523
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22586192

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The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Print ISSN 
0008-350X
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1715-5258
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  • Published online May 14, 2012.

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  1. N. John Bosomworth, MD CCFP FCFP⇓
  1. Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC
  1. Correspondence: Dr N. John Bosomworth, 3413 Forsyth Dr, Penticton, BC V2A 8Z2; telephone 778 476-1480; e-mail john.bosomworth{at}interiorhealth.ca
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