TITLE

Middle age spread not without risk

PUB. DATE
March 1998
SOURCE
Environmental Nutrition;Mar1998, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p3
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Identifies the risks of gaining weight as one gets older. Relationship between age, weight and the risk of dying; Results of the study of researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Age groups posing the highest risk level.
ACCESSION #
339782

Tags: WEIGHT gain;  AGING;  HEALTH

 

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