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Obesity and Diabetes
Research on obesity and diabetes discussed by P. Rzehak and co-researchers
December 10th, 2007
"Objective To investigate the effect of weight change and weight fluctuations on all-cause-mortality in men. Methods Within a prospective population-based cohort of 1160 men aged 40-59 years at recruitment, complete weight change patterns from baseline and three follow-up examinations during a period of 15 years of follow-up was used to categorize the 505 men into stable obese, stable non-obese, weight gain, weight loss and weight fluctuation groups," researchers in Neuherberg, Germany report. "For these men (age range: 55-74 years at start time of survival analysis) further survival was analyzed during the subsequent 15 years. Results Overall, 183 deaths were observed...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2007-12-10)
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