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Obesity and Trends in Life Expectancy

Date

Authors

Walls, Helen

Backholer, Kathryn

Proietto, Joseph

McNeil, John J

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Abstract

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

Keywords

Keywords: acetylsalicylic acid; angiotensin antagonist; hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor; cardiovascular mortality; developed country; diabetes mellitus; disability; hypertension; life expectancy; obesity; prevalence; review; senescence

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/55648

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Obesity

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1155/2012/107989

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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