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The Mathematics of Obesity

Dr. Carson Chow is an M.I.T.-educated investigator at the National Institutes of Health . He works in the branch concerned with Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, where he's been studying the mathematics of obesity. You can read more about his research in this New York Times article . You can access his body weight simulator here .

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By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Dr. Carson Chow is an M.I.T.-educated investigator at the National Institutes of Health. He works in the branch concerned with Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, where he's been studying the mathematics of obesity. You can read more about his research in this New York Times article. You can access his body weight simulator here.

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