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. 2021 Mar 30:34:100810.
doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100810. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Time to end weight stigma in healthcare

Stuart W Flint  1   2
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Time to end weight stigma in healthcare

Stuart W Flint. EClinicalMedicine. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Flint reports grants from Johnson & Johnson, grants from Novo Nordisk, personal fees from Novo Nordisk, outside the submitted work.

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