Obesity in elderly a ticking time bomb for health services
Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 13:42
in Health & Medicine
Research carried out at the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England has discovered that obesity in later life does not make a substantial difference to risks of death among older people but that it is a major contributor to increased disability in later life - creating a ticking time bomb for health services in developed countries...
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