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Overfeeding caused an increase in body weight averaging 3.2 kg, of which 56% was fat.
Practitioners should note that short-term overfeeding can lead to significant fat gain.
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Overfeeding caused an increase in body weight averaging 3.2 kg of which 56% was fat as measured by underwater weighing.
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Short-term, mixed-diet overfeeding in man: no evidence for "luxuskonsumption"
Éric Ravussin et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · 1985
DOI 10.1152/ajpendo.1985.249.5.e470
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