Weight loss and premature death: the 1946 British birth cohort study.

OBJECTIVE:The relationship between weight loss and mortality has important clinical and public health significance but has proved to be complex. Evidence is mixed and particularly limited on the association between weight loss in mid-life and premature death (i.e. before 65 years of age), a small al...

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Main Authors: Emiliano Albanese, Bjørn Heine Strand, Jack M Guralnik, Kushang V Patel, Diana Kuh, Rebecca Hardy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3897675?pdf=render