Longitudinal changes in body composition in older men and women: Role of body weight change and physical activity

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 473-481

  Hughes, Virginia A ^a   Frontera, Walter R ^a,b   Roubenoff, Ronenn ^a   Evans, William J ^a,c   Fiatarone Singh, Maria A ^a,d,e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Fat mass; Fat free mass; Recreational activity; Sarcopenia; Sports; Weight change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION; SPORT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0036073319     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/76.2.473     Document Type: Article

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