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The Role of the Geographic Information Systems Infrastructure in Childhood Obesity Prevention
Perspective from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
- By: Torio CM
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Published: 5/1/2012
Given the geospatial factors related to childhood obesity, GIS is a “powerful tool” that can be used to develop information to aid in reversing the nation’s serious childhood obesity epidemic according to this article.
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