Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies -  Standalone book (MindTap Course List)
Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies - Standalone book (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305627994
Author: Frances Sizer, Ellie Whitney
Publisher: Brooks Cole
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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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