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In this Ask The Professor Q&A, David St-Jules, a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, and Dr. John Westhoff, associate professor in the School of Medicine and ...

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Higher frequency of physical activity was associated with a 71% lower risk for accelerated decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) than physical inactivity in a general population of adults ...

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