"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...All the more reason not to underwrite care for the fat since they have ample time and years of opportunities to reverse their self-inflicted disease-causing process.
'In both men and women, being overweight or obese put them at greater risk of developing mobility limitations in old age, and the longer they had been overweight or obese, the greater the risk,' said lead investigator Denise Houston, Ph.D., R.D., an assistant professor of gerontology at the School of Medicine and an expert on aging and nutrition."
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Weight Gain Early In Life Leads To Physical Disabilities In Older Adults
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