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What are the most prominent health risks for elderly folk who are obese?
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Obesity in elderly: Obesity in elderly increases risk for heart disease, high BP, stroke, diabetes, arthritis, cancer etc. Obesity can lead to debility & loss of function/independence and vice versa. Check out https://hpi.georgetown.edu/agingsociety/pubhtml/obesity2/obesity2.html, http://bmb.oxfordjournals.org/content/97/1/169.full & http://www.obesityaction.org/wp-content/uploads/Obesity_in_the_Elderly_online.pdf
Answered 5/23/2015
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