‘Metabolic flexibility’ required to achieve, maintain weight loss

BOSTON — Employing the concept of metabolic flexibility — the body’s ability to oxidize the type of fuel that is available — may offer the best hope for curbing obesity, according to a speaker at the Cardiometabolic Health Congress.“One often overlooked issue is the role of metabolic dysfunction in development of obesity,” James O. Hill, PhD, director of the

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