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New MESA Data Show Obesity Is Not Inevitable
Link ID 5747
Title New MESA Data Show Obesity Is Not Inevitable
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574469?src=rss
Description A new look at the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis has found that 30% to 50% of blacks, whites, and Hispanics, but only 5% of Chinese Americans, are obese, showing that obesity is not inevitable. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date May 15, 2008
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