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Stopping the scale before it tips: Preventative care in curbing obesity

The 21st Century has been characterized as a century of significant lifestyle diseases. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2022, 1 in 8 people were living with obesity. Worldwide adult obesity has more than doubled since 1990, and adolescent obesity has quadrupled.

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