Obesity: The Gateway to Ill Health – an EASO Position Statement on a Rising Public Health, Clinical and Scientific Challenge in Europe
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a Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Clínica Univ. de Navarra, University of Navarra, CIBERobn, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Pamplona , Spain, b Department of Internal Medicine, Universitäts-Klinik für Innere Medizin, Graz , Austria, c European Association for the Study of Obesity, London , UK, d Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul , Turkey, e Atherosclerosis and Metabolism Unit, Soroka UMC, Ben-Gurion University SHC, Beer Sheva , Israel, f Department of Nutrition, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital; Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN), University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris , France
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