Highlights
- •Obesity as a disease.
- •Obesity as an adaptation.
- •Redefined obesity: Toward reconciliating the two positions.
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Publication history
Published online: May 26, 2018
Accepted:
May 21,
2018
Received in revised form:
April 19,
2018
Received:
March 22,
2018
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