BMI, body composition, and physical functioning in older adults

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1886-1894

  Woo, Jean ^a,b   Leung, Jason ^a   Kwok, Timothy ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fat mass

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HISTOLOGY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WALKING;

EID: 34547945586     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.223     Document Type: Article

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