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  1. What Is Obesity?
  2. How Is Obesity Treated?
  3. Which Doctors Treat Obesity?
  4. What Your Doctor Is Trying to Tell You About Weight Loss
  5. What Is a Healthy Weight?
  6. Types of Dietary Fats
  7. What Happens to Fat When You Lose Weight?

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