Evidence that obesity risk factor potencies are weight dependent, a phenomenon that may explain accelerated weight gain in western societies.

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Published in PLoS One on November 23, 2011

Authors

Paul T Williams1

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1: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America. ptwilliams@lbl.gov

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