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. 2014;7(6):408-16.
doi: 10.1159/000370038. Epub 2014 Dec 5.

Need for a paradigm shift in adult overweight and obesity management - an EASO position statement on a pressing public health, clinical and scientific challenge in Europe

Gema Frühbeck  1 , Hermann Toplak, Euan Woodward, Jason C G Halford, Volkan Yumuk; European Association for the Study of Obesity
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Need for a paradigm shift in adult overweight and obesity management - an EASO position statement on a pressing public health, clinical and scientific challenge in Europe

Gema Frühbeck et al. Obes Facts. 2014.
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