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Miljkovic on the obesity puzzle: Why the disease defies efforts to control it

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“It’s a disease with many risk factors that not many people know about. It’s not just about a person not exercising,” said EPI's Iva Miljkovic. “People can have a normal BMI, but they have a lot of fat where it’s not supposed to be and we don’t do anything about it in clinical practice. When you go to the doctor ... no one measures your waist. That would be the most simple way to tell if someone was at high risk.”

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The Obesity Puzzle: Why the disease defies efforts to control it by JULIA FRASER, Pittsburgh Quarterly, 2020 SPRING



5/06/2020
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