Weight Loss Is Still an Essential Intervention in Obesity and its Complications: A Review

The prevalence of obesity is more than 20% in many developed countries and it increases in developing countries. Obesity is associated with metabolic disorders, cardiovascular diseases, pulmonary diseases, digestive diseases, and cancers. Although other specific treatments for these complications ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jianzhong Xiao, Wenying Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/369097