How Many Calories Do I Need To Lose Weight
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"Diet and exercise are the still the best approaches for weight reduction in the general population," said Joslin Diabetes Center obesity researcher Yu-Hua Tseng recently.
Ho hum. How many times have we heard that. Same old, same old.
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"However, for people who are genetically predisposed to obesity, these approaches may have very little effect," Tseng added.
Wow! An authority figure actually admitting that (1) some people have a genetic predisposition to obesit...
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Medications
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