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. 2013;6(2):117-20.
doi: 10.1159/000350627. Epub 2013 Apr 3.

Obesity: the gateway to ill health - an EASO position statement on a rising public health, clinical and scientific challenge in Europe

Gema Frühbeck  1 , Hermann Toplak, Euan Woodward, Volkan Yumuk, Max Maislos, Jean-Michel Oppert; Executive Committee of the European Association for the Study of Obesity
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Obesity: the gateway to ill health - an EASO position statement on a rising public health, clinical and scientific challenge in Europe

Gema Frühbeck et al. Obes Facts. 2013.
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