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Shedding the weight of exercise for obesity management

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NVD and HB contributed to conceptualization. GK, OA, MF, PUO performed the review of literature and contributed to writing. All authors contributed to the manuscript revision, read, and approved the submitted version.

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Kudchadkar, G., Akinsiku, O., Hefner, M. et al. Shedding the weight of exercise for obesity management. Int J Obes (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-024-01527-1

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