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Why Overweight/Obesity Leads to GERD

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During the last three decades, two coincidental epidemiological trends have been observed in westernized countries and, to a lesser extent, in the rest of the world, namely, an increase in the rate of overweight/obese people [1] and an increase in the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) [2] (Fig. 13.1).

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Pace, F., Pace, M. (2016). Why Overweight/Obesity Leads to GERD. In: Grossi, E., Pace, F. (eds) Human Nutrition from the Gastroenterologist’s Perspective. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30361-1_13

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