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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

    Ottavio Bosello & Maria Pia Donataccio

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Bosello, O., Donataccio, M.P. Obesity paradox. Eat Weight Disord 18, 447–448 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-013-0080-5

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