Obesity and Diabetes
Study finds fitness level, not body fat, may be stronger predictor of longevity for older adults
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 17th, 2007
Previous studies have provided evidence that obesity and physical inactivity each can produce a higher risk of death in middle-aged adults. Whether this is also true for older adults is uncertain, according to background information in the article.
Xuemei Sui, M.D., of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and colleagues examined the associations between cardiorespiratory fitness, various clinical measures of adiposity (body fat) and death in older...
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