Obesity may be leading to higher disability rates among baby boomers in their sixties, according to a new study. Interestingly the trend does not apply to people in their seventies and eighties. Read the full story
Tags: baby boomer, disability, disability rate, obesity, obesity rate, Teresa Seeman, University of California
Obesity Causing Disability Among Baby Boomers
Posted on 10 December 2009
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