Overweight and leanness in adulthood: Prospective study of male participants in the Normative Aging Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 561-569

  Grinker, J A ^a,b   Tucker, K ^a   Vokonas, P S ^c,d   Rush, D ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; BMI; Leanness; Obesity; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BEHAVIOR; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BOSTON; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 0029934743     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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