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Penn researchers find increase in disability among older, obese adults
11-06-2007 · EurekAlert!Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine report that older adults today are much more likely to suffer from disability than those 10 years ago. This research -- the first to track effects of obesity on disability over time -- appears in the Nov. 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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