Public health success in recent decades may be in danger if lifestyles of the elderly are neglected

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1257-1258

  Van Baak, Marleen A ^a,c   Visscher, Tommy L S ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BONE MINERAL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET RESTRICTION; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33845505884     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/84.6.1257     Document Type: Editorial

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