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Obesity as a gateway disease

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Professor Gema Frühbeck
EASO Past President
Head of the Metabolic Research Laboratory Clínica Universitaria, University of Navarra
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Obesity as a gateway disease

Professor Gema Frühbeck EASO Past President Head of the Metabolic Research Laboratory Clínica Universitaria, University of Navarra