Obesity In Elderly A Ticking Time Bomb For Health Services

Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 23:21 in Health & Medicine

Obesity in later life does not make a substantial difference to risks of death among older people but it is a major contributor to increased disability in later life -- creating a ticking time bomb for health services in developed countries, new research shows.

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