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Only a small fraction of the population with obesity are optimally treated.
There is a need for improved strategies to treat obesity effectively.
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Despite increasing cardiovascular outcome data on obesity interventions, only a small fraction of the population with obesity are optimally treated.
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Treatment of Obesity in Mitigating Metabolic Risk
Sean Heffron et al. · Circulation Research · 2020
DOI 10.1161/circresaha.119.315897
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