Obesity: The fat advantage

Sujata Gupta
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Nature, 2016, vol. 537, issue 7620, S100-S102

Abstract: Obese people have a higher incidence of kidney cancer, but are also more likely to survive the disease. Is the 'obesity paradox' real or an artefact of how studies are conducted?

Date: 2016
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