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Obesity. The report of the British Nutrition Foundation Task Force.
  1. David C Wilson
  1. Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh

    https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.34.1.73-c

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      (Pp 258; £29.99.) Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1999. ISBN 0-632-05298-8.

      The report of the British Nutrition Foundation Task Force on obesity is a very important document. It is a pity therefore that it is so boring to dip into and read. Certain of the importance of this report, and mindful of my responsibilities to the British Journal of Sports Medicine, I brought this book with me on holiday. I tried to read it, oh yes I did. Every attempt was soon met with a gradual drooping of the eyelids and then blessed sleep in the sunshine. The presentation, with few illustrations, was the problem, but this, however, is my only criticism.

      This multi-author report is chaired by Professor Garrow, an …

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