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							<p>A leading group of obesity experts writing in The Lancet Diabetes &amp; Endocrinology has questioned the mantra of &#8216;eat less and move more&#8217; in combating obesity. In the paper, ‘Treating obesity seriously: when recommendations for lifestyle change confront biological adaptations’, the authors argue that obesity is a chronic disease with largely biological causes that cannot be cured with just diet and exercise.</p>
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