Prospective cohort study reveals mid-life adiposity reduces healthy survival after age 70 in women, highlighting the importance of weight maintenance.
These data provide evidence that adiposity in mid-life is strongly related to a reduced probability of healthy survival among women who live to older ages, and emphasise the importance of maintaining a healthy weight from early adulthood.
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