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Obesity

Medical consequences of obesity

Obesity is a chronic, complex, and treatable disease. It is associated with having an excess amount of body fat. Obesity is not a choice. Genetic, environmental, and social factors play a role in obesity.

Gentle GI nutrition

Also called the non-diet approach, this approach focuses on finding alternatives besides restrictive diets to help with GI symptoms.