Body weight and weight change and their health implications for the elderly

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue , 2000, Pages S33-S39

  Seidell, J C ^a,b   Visscher, T L S ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Fat distribution; Fatness; Morbidity; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; VISCERA;

EID: 0033935388     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601023     Document Type: Article

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