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Metabolic-Nutritional- Psychological Rehabilitation in Obesity

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The rationale and the procedures of Rehabilitation Medicine can be optimally applied to the natural history of obesity, which is characterised by the presence of comorbidities, chronicity and disability with an important impact on quality of life. Level of Evidence (LoE): I; Strength of the Recommendation (SoR): A

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Donini, L.M. et al. (2016). Metabolic-Nutritional- Psychological Rehabilitation in Obesity. In: Sbraccia, P., Nisoli, E., Vettor, R. (eds) Clinical Management of Overweight and Obesity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24532-4_7

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