Rising Obesity-Related Hospital Admissions among Children and Young People in England: National Time Trends Study

Jessica D. Jones Nielsen; Anthony A. Laverty; Christopher Millett; Arch G. Mainous III; Azeem Majeed; Sonia Saxena

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065764

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Rising Obesity-Related Hospital Admissions among Children and Young People in England: National Time Trends Study

Jessica D. Jones Nielsen,

Affiliation Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Anthony A. Laverty,

Affiliation Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Christopher Millett,

Affiliation Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Arch G. Mainous III,

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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Azeem Majeed,

Affiliation Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Sonia Saxena

* E-mail: s.saxena@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Rising Obesity-Related Hospital Admissions among Children and Young People in England: National Time Trends Study

Jessica D. Jones Nielsen,
Anthony A. Laverty,
Christopher Millett,
Arch G. Mainous III,
Azeem Majeed,
Sonia Saxena

Published: June 12, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065764

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