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Food Science & Technology

Weight control practices and its associated factors among high school female-adolescents’ in Hawassa town, Ethiopia

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Article: 2297510 | Received 04 Aug 2023, Accepted 16 Dec 2023, Published online: 25 Jan 2024

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