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Human overfeeding experiments: potentials and limitations in obesity research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Yves Schutz
Affiliation:
Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, CH-1005, Lausanne, Switzerlandyves.schutz@iphysiol.uni.ch
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2000

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