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Sindrome da oscillazione del peso (weight cycling syndrome)

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L’oscillazione del peso è un indice di rischio cardiovascolare indipendente dal livello ponderale medio. Molti dei trattamenti utilizzati per l’obesità inducono oscillazioni del peso, per cui l’eccesso di mortalità dovuto alla weight cycling syndrome (sindrome da oscillazione del peso) può essere considerato in parte iatrogeno.

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  1. Insegnamento di Malattie del Metabolismo e del Ricambio, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Clinica, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale Pieraccini, 6, 50134, Firenze, Italia

    Carlo M. Rotella & Edoardo Mannucci

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Rotella, C.M., Mannucci, E. Sindrome da oscillazione del peso (weight cycling syndrome). L’Endocrinologo 2, 28–32 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03344381

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