When behaviour meets biology: if obesity is a chronic medical disease what is obesity management?

M Vallis¹, D Macklin^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
² Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Medcan Clinic, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

M Vallis et al. Clin Obes. 2021 Jun.

. 2021 Jun;11(3):e12443.

doi: 10.1111/cob.12443. Epub 2021 Feb 15.

M Vallis¹, D Macklin^{2

3}

¹ Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
² Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Medcan Clinic, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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