Weight loss composition is one‐fourth fat‐free mass: a critical review and critique of this widely cited rule

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Obesity Reviews

• Publication date

  2014-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/obr.12143PMID 24447775PMCID PMC3970209
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