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The 5 As framework for obesity management

Do we need a more intricate model?

Elizabeth Sturgiss and Chris van Weel
Canadian Family Physician July 2017; 63 (7) 506-508;
Elizabeth Sturgiss
Lecturer in the Academic Unit of General Practice at the Australian National University Medical School in Canberra.
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Honorary Professor of Primary Health Care Research at the Australian National University and Emeritus Professor of General Practice at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
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vol. 63 no. 7 506-508
PubMed 
28701434

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0008-350X
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1715-5258
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  • Published online July 12, 2017.

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  1. Elizabeth Sturgiss, FRACGP FHEA MPH MForensMed⇑
  1. Lecturer in the Academic Unit of General Practice at the Australian National University Medical School in Canberra.
  1. Correspondence: Dr Elizabeth Sturgiss; e-mail elizabeth.sturgiss{at}anu.edu.au
  1. Chris van Weel, MD PhD
  1. Honorary Professor of Primary Health Care Research at the Australian National University and Emeritus Professor of General Practice at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

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