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Seniors In Rural Areas Have Highest Rates Of Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Disease PDF Print E-mail
Medical News - General Medical News - end 2009
Despite living in the countryside, where open space is plentiful and there is often significant agricultural production, California's more than half a million rural elders are far more likely to be overweight or obese, physically inactive and food insecure than their suburban counterparts, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. All three conditions are risk factors for heart disease, diabetes and repeated falls - conditions also more prevalent among rural elders...


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