... of over-weight and obesity (a body mass index of >25 kg/m2) is 59 percent in men and 51 percent in women (NIH, 1998). All but one of the 16 clinical trialsthat examined the influence of ... preventing or delaying CVD in the elderly.Furthermore, numerous professional organizations including the Ameri-100 NUTRITION AND HEALTH IN THE NATION’S ELDERLYcan Heart Association, the National ... 1991). The importance of this relationship is reinforced by the high and increas-ing prevalence of overweight in the United States (Kuczmarski et al.,1994). According to NHANES III data, the combined...