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MK is supported by the Medical Research Council (MR/K013351/1), NordForsk, the Nordic Programme on Health and Welfare, and an Economic and Social Research Council professorial fellowship (ES/J023299/1).
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Bell, J., Shipley, M. & Kivimäki, M. Healthy obesity is not safe obesity. Int J Obes 40, 1333 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2016.77
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