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Comment
. 2020 Dec;28(12):2257-2258.
doi: 10.1002/oby.22986.

Call to Action: Obesity is Visible to Stigmatize but Invisible to Treat Despite Documentation in the Electronic Health Record

Nawfal W Istfan  1 , Caroline M Apovian  1
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Call to Action: Obesity is Visible to Stigmatize but Invisible to Treat Despite Documentation in the Electronic Health Record

Nawfal W Istfan et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Dec.
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