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The use of expensive technologies instead of simple, sound and effective lifestyle interventions: a perpetual delusion

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  • Silvia Carlos Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine-Clinic University of Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), Education of Affectivity and Human Sexuality, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jokin de Irala Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine-Clinic University of Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), Education of Affectivity and Human Sexuality, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER-OBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Matt Hanley Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine-Clinic University of Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Miguel Ángel Martínez-González Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine-Clinic University of Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER-OBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Miguel A Martínez-González, Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Edificio de Investigación, Universidad de Navarra, C/Irunlarrea 1. C.P., Pamplona 31008, Spain; mamartinez{at}unav.es
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Carlos S, de Irala J, Hanley M, et al
The use of expensive technologies instead of simple, sound and effective lifestyle interventions: a perpetual delusion
J Epidemiol Community Health 2014;68:897-904.

Publication history

  • Received April 3, 2014
  • Revised May 27, 2014
  • Accepted May 28, 2014
  • First published June 24, 2014.
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April 27, 2016

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