Obesity is associated with functional decline in community-dwelling rural older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 918-923

  Jensen, Gordon L ^a   Friedmann, Janet M ^a  

^a Vanderbilt Center for Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

Function; Geriatric; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY CARE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTITION; DEPRESSION; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036246618     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50220.x     Document Type: Article

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