Operation Manual

Polar BodyAge System
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Health Risk Appraisals
Heart Disease
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Depression
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1993.
Nutrition
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Guidelines for Americans, 1990.
The Surgeon General’s Report on Nutrition and Health; USDHHS, PHS, Washington, D.C., 1988
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National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. 1989
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