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Minireview: the case for obesogens.
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Aug 2009
Grün Felix, Blumberg Bruce
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Obesity and obesity-related disorders, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, are epidemic in Western countries, particularly the United States. The conventional wisdom holds that obesity is primarily the result of a positive energy balance, i.e. too many calories in and too few calories burned. Although it is self-evident that fat cannot be accumulated without a higher caloric intake...
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