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Role of metabolic phenotyping in understanding obesity and related conditions in Gulf Co-operation Council countries.
Clinical obesity - 1 Dec 2015
Ahmad M S, Ashrafian H, Alsaleh M, Holmes E
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is a major health concern in the Middle East and the incidence is rising in all sections of the population. Efforts to control obesity through diet and lifestyle interventions, and by surgical means, have had limited effect, and the gene-environment interactions underpinning the development of obesity and related pathologies such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and certain cancers are poorly...
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