Nursing home bound?A study recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine The Archives of Internal Medicine is a bi-monthly international peer-reviewed professional medical journal published by the American Medical Association. Archives of Internal Medicine followed middle-aged and elderly people for 20 years. At the start of the study, the more than 3,500 participants ages 45-64 who were obese o·bese adj. Extremely fat; very overweight. obese characterized by obesity. obese adjective Characterized by obesity, see there; excessively fat , physically inactive in·ac·tive adj. 1. Not active or tending to be active. 2. a. Not functioning or operating; out of use: inactive machinery. b. , smoked, had diabetes or uncontrolled high blood pressure ended up much more likely to be admitted to a nursing home. Middle-age smoking increased the chance of nursing home admission by 56 percent; physical inactivity physical inactivity A sedentary state. Cf Physical activity. by 40 percent; and uncontrolled high blood pressure by 35 percent. All of these conditions can be modified with lifestyle changes. |
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