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Diet composition can influence energy intake and nutrient balance in obesity treatment.
Practitioners should consider diet composition as a factor in obesity treatment strategies.
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Diet composition can play a role in obesity treatment because it can influence energy intake and nutrient balance.
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Obesity Treatment: Can Diet Composition Play a Role?
James O. Hill et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1993
DOI 10.7326/0003-4819-119-7_part_2-199310011-00013
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