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Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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Two Surprising Reasons Behind the Obesity Epidemic: Too Much Salt, Not Enough Water Your Health

Two Surprising Reasons Behind the Obesity Epidemic: Too Much Salt, Not Enough Water

Scientific studies and media coverage are rife with warnings on how sugar, carbohydrates, saturated fat and lack of exercise contribute to obesity. And tens of millions of Americans are still overweight or obese in large part because of the classic Western diet and lifestyle. As an educator, researcher and professor of medicine, I have spent […]

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