What is the importance of saving lean mass in the treatment of obesity and related diseases?

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¹ Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Section of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenomics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. paola.gualtieri@uniroma2.it.

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M Marchetti et al. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2019 Jan.

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. 2019 Jan;23(2):431-432.

doi: 10.26355/eurrev_201901_16851.

¹ Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Section of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenomics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. paola.gualtieri@uniroma2.it.

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