Relationship of BMI, waist circumference, and weight change with use of health services by older adults

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1398-1404

  León Muñoz, Luz M ^a   Guallar Castillón, Pilar ^a   García, Esther López ^a   Banegas, José R ^a   Gutiérrez Fisac, Juan L ^a   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

BMI; Elderly; Health services use; Waist circumference; Weight change

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 32944467909     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.169     Document Type: Article

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