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    Upsizing Australia's waistline: the dangers of "meal deals"

    David Cameron-Smith, Shane A Bilsborough and Timothy C Crowe
    Med J Aust 2002; 177 (11): 686. || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb05021.x
    Published online: 9 December 2002

    To the Editor: Over the past 20 years, the prevalence of obesity in the Australian population has more than doubled — from 8.1% in 1981 to 20.5% in 2000.1,2 The rapid and widespread nature of the obesity epidemic suggests that environmental change is a major contributing factor.

    • David Cameron-Smith
    • Shane A Bilsborough
    • Timothy C Crowe


    Correspondence: davidcs@deakin.edu.au

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