Thinness and weight loss: Beneficial or detrimental to longevity?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1118-1128

  Gaesser, Glenn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; Dieting; Exercise; Mortality; Obesity; Overweight; Weight cycling

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0032867112     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199908000-00007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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