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Intentional weight loss can increase health risk in the long-term due to the release of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from adipose tissue.
Practitioners should consider the potential long-term health risks associated with weight loss due to POP exposure.
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Intentional weight loss can increase health risk in the long-term, despite short-term benefits, because human adipose tissue is widely contaminated with various lipophilic environmental contaminants, especially persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
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Source
Lipophilic Environmental Chemical Mixtures Released During Weight‐Loss: The Need to Consider Dynamics
Duk‐Hee Lee et al. · BioEssays · 2020
DOI 10.1002/bies.201900237
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