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Published in: Current Obesity Reports 4/2016

01-12-2016 | Invited Commentary

Maintaining Weight Loss: an Ongoing Challenge

Authors: Priya Sumithran, Joseph Proietto

Published in: Current Obesity Reports | Issue 4/2016

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For most people who have intentionally lost a substantial amount of weight, maintaining that weight loss takes a lot of effort. Despite their intentions to the contrary, the majority of people will eventually regain most, if not all, of the weight that they managed to lose [1]. Why is this so? …
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Metadata
Title
Maintaining Weight Loss: an Ongoing Challenge
Authors
Priya Sumithran
Joseph Proietto
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Obesity Reports / Issue 4/2016
Electronic ISSN: 2162-4968
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-016-0230-y

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