If, like most people, you’re carrying a few extra pounds (or you did when you were younger), this added weight increases your obesity health risks, which includes physical disabilities in your golden years.
This comes as the result of some new research recently released. Recognizing that the elderly population in the United States is getting growing all the time (expected to double by 2030 to about 20% of the adult population), problems with mobility may well be a major concern for all of us.
To participate in the study the subjects had to be functioning well, living in the community and healthy – free of life threatening illness. There were a total of 2,845 participants, of an average age of 74 years old. Continue reading ‘Obesity Health Risks Linked With Later Mobility Troubles’ »