Association between obesity and mortality in the Costa Rican elderly: a cohort study
Abstract Background Costa Rica, along with other Latin American countries, is undergoing population aging, with an increase in the prevalence of chronic conditions, many of them resulting from a growing prevalence of obesity. As a result of the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the causes...
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Main Authors: | Carolina Santamaría-Ulloa (Author), Anne Chinnock (Author), Melina Montero-López (Author) |
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2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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