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Addressing the big challenge of obesity: how to prevent regain of lost weight

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Kaplan, L., Gorman, M. Addressing the big challenge of obesity: how to prevent regain of lost weight. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 4, 254–255 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0793

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