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Alfredo L. Fort

Gillings School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA • linkedin • alfredoluisfort(at)gmail.com
Health and mortality

A big challenge for the 21st century: will obesity cut the gains of longevity?

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Alfredo L. Fort
Health, Mortality, obesity

Two recent global phenomena appear to be working against each other: longevity and obesity. The rapid increase of the latter, in both developed and developing countries, may jeopardize the progress … Read more

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