Weight gain early in life leads to physical disabilities in older adults

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 00:42 in Health & Medicine

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Carrying extra weight earlier in life increases the risk of developing problems with mobility in old age, even if the weight is eventually lost, according to new research out of the Sticht Center on Aging at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

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