Obesity and Longevity

To the Editor: Preston's editorial (March 17 issue) 1 on obesity and its influence on longevity, which accompanies the report by Olshansky et al., 2 focused my thinking on morbidity versus mortality. Preston wrote that “the current life expectancy at birth in the United States would be one thir...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2005-06, Vol.352 (24), p.2555-2557
1. Verfasser:	Whitehouse, Fred W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Humans Life Expectancy Obesity - complications Obesity - mortality United States - epidemiology
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