Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
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ISBN: 9781133603184
Author: Frances Sizer, Ellie Whitney
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Aging is the biological process of getting old. It occurs due to the structural and functional changes that occur in an organism with time. The changes cause decline in fertility and other physiological functions of body which leads to death.

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