Study Shows Split On Risks of Being Moderately Heavy

"The body weight of a person becomes much more dynamic as that person ages," said Dr. [Michael F. Leitzmann]. "So we attempted to control for those changes." "People recall their body weights in a lot of ways depending on a lot of different factors," said Dr. Graubard,...

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Published inThe Wall Street journal. Eastern edition
Main Author Seward, Zachary M
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y Dow Jones & Company Inc 23.08.2006
EditionEastern edition
Subjects
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Overweight
Weight
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Summary:"The body weight of a person becomes much more dynamic as that person ages," said Dr. [Michael F. Leitzmann]. "So we attempted to control for those changes." "People recall their body weights in a lot of ways depending on a lot of different factors," said Dr. Graubard, "including their particular health at the time and the way they view themselves."
ISSN:0099-9660