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3/2026 vol. 28
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Perception of obesity and its health consequences based on the example of the patients of selected voivodeships in Poland (Lodz, Masovian, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, and Warmian-Masurian)

Małgorzata Koziarska-Rościszewska 1
,
Michał Romaniuk 2
,
Julia Groszewska 2
,
Daria Makowska-Woszczyk 2
,
Agata Rapior 2
,
Kinga Lubomska 2
,
Patrycja Jagura 2
,
Łukasz Kopacz 3
,
Karolina Kopacz 3, 4

  1. Family Medicine, Internal Diseases and Social Pharmacology Department, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

  2. Scientific Students’ Association of Family Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

  3. Department of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Clinical Physiology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

  4. Faculty of Medical Science, Warsaw Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2026; 28(3): 263–268

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2026.164655
Data publikacji online: 2026/09/29
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