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Traditional recommendations for obesity treatment are largely ineffective.
Practitioners should be aware that traditional methods may not yield results.
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Similar recommendations have been repeated ever since, despite the fact that they are largely ineffective.
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Seeking satiety: From signals to solutions
Matthias H. Tschöp et al. · Science Translational Medicine · 2023
DOI 10.1126/scitranslmed.adh4453
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