Obesity as a Disease: A White Paper on Evidence and Arguments Commissioned by the Council of The Obesity Society
Open Access
- 1 June 2008
- Vol. 16 (6), 1161-1177
- https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2008.231
Abstract
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