Letter

Childhood obesity and consumption of fizzy drinks: Commercial interests have important role

BMJ 2004; 329 doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7456.54-b (Published 1 July 2004)
Cite this as: BMJ 2004;329:54.3

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  1. Trisha Greenhalgh, professor of primary health care (p.greenhalgh@pcps.ucl.ac.uk)
  1. University College London, London N19 5LW

    Editor—The study by James et al on preventing childhood obesity by reducing the consumption of carbonated drinks underscores clinical intuition about why children are more obese these days.1

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