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Wikipedia: Weight loss
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The English Wikipedia article "Weight loss", consulted for facts cited on Medicine Atlas entities.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight_loss
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Wikipedia: Weight loss
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In medicine, health, or physical fitness, weight loss is a reduction of the total body mass, by a mean loss of fluid, body fat (adipose tissue), or lean mass (namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon, and other connective tissue).
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