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The SOPHIA Project Conceives of Obesity Beyond BMI
During a lecture at the 2024 International Congress on Obesity in São Paulo, Brazil, Dr Carel Le Roux, a South African researcher, reflected on the Stratification of Obesity Phenotypes to Optimize Future Therapy (SOPHIA) project. The effort, of which Le …