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The increase in the body weight in the world population has become one of the most important public health problems, as it is a major risk factor for several pathologies such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
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Da Poian, A.T., Castanho, M.A.R.B. (2015). Control of Body Weight and the Modern Metabolic Diseases. In: Integrative Human Biochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3058-6_11
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