Uneven dietary development: linking the policies and processes of globalization with the nutrition transition, obesity and diet-related chronic diseases
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Correspondence: Corinna Hawkes c.hawkes@cgiar.org
Globalization and Health 2006, 2:4 doi:10.1186/1744-8603-2-4
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