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Intention to Lose Weight, Weight Changes, and 18-y Mortality in Overweight Individuals without Co-Morbidities

BACKGROUND: Weight loss in the obese improves risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. However, several studies have shown inconsistent long-term effects of weight loss on mortality. We investigated the influence on mortality of intention to lose weight and subsequent weight changes am...

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Autores principales: Sørensen, Thorkild I.A, Rissanen, Aila, Korkeila, Maarit, Kaprio, Jaakko
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1160579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15971946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020171