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Fitness Linked to Reduced Mortality, Even in Obese Subjects
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Title Fitness Linked to Reduced Mortality, Even in Obese Subjects
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/566963?src=rss
Description A study looking at the relationship between being fat, being fit, and living longer found that lower fitness is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality, even after adjustment for adiposity. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Dec 6, 2007
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