Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
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Author: Frances Sizer, Ellie Whitney
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Chapter 14, Problem 11SC
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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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