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Mortality and disability: the effect of overweight and obesity
International Journal of Obesity, 10/02/09
Walter S et al. – Results do not support the hypothesis that an increased body weight reduces total life expectancy in the older people. Although increased body weight was associated with a higher risk of becoming and remaining disabled. These results remained using WC.
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