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References used for this fact sheet
- Batch, J. & Baur, L., ‘Management and prevention of obesity and its complications in children and adolescents’, in Medical Journal of Australia, 2005, vol. 183, no. 3, pp. 130–134. More information here.
- Obesity and overweight [online], World Health Organization. More information here.
- ‘Other diet-related risk factors and physical inactivity’ [online], in The World Health Report 2002: Reducing risks, promoting healthy life, Chapter 4, World Health Organization. More information here.
- About overweight and obesity [online], Population Health, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Government. More information here.
- The Obesity Society homepage [online], Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society. More information here.
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