Obesity and Trends in Life Expectancy

• Auteurs principaux: Helen L. Walls (Auteur), Kathryn Backholer (Auteur), Joseph Proietto (Auteur), John J. McNeil (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Background. Increasing levels of obesity over recent decades have been expected to lead to an epidemic of diabetes and a subsequent reduction in life expectancy, but instead all-cause and cardiovascular-specific mortality rates have decreased steadily in most developed countries and life expectancy...