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Could centrum multivitamins make you gain weight if not what vitamins do?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Doubtful: Taking multiple vitamins is not likely to cause weight gain. Vitamins are taken in case there are nutritional deficiencies.

Answered 9/13/2016

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