The coming epidemic of obesity in elderly Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1907-1912

  Arterburn, David E ^a,b   Crane, Paul K ^d   Sullivan, Sean D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Obesity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544390730     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52517.x     Document Type: Article

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