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Maintaining Weight Loss: an Ongoing Challenge

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Priya Sumithran has received speaker honoraria from Nestlé and Novo Nordisk.

Joseph Proietto is chair of the Medical Advisory Board for Saxenda (Australia, Novo Nordisk) and has received speaker honoraria from iNova and Nestlé.

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Sumithran, P., Proietto, J. Maintaining Weight Loss: an Ongoing Challenge. Curr Obes Rep 5, 383–385 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-016-0230-y

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