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Muscle Mass Beats BMI as Longevity Predictor

20-Mar-2014

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3,600 seniors studied – more muscle meant better odds of survival.

The study was published in The American Journal of Medicine.

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Preethi Srikanthan

Endocrinologist and Professor of Medicine at the UCLA.

The American Journal of Medicine (AJM)

Medical journal and the official journal of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine.

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Exercise