Improvement in obesity and glucose tolerance in elderly people after lifestyle changes 1 year after an oral glucose tolerance test in a rural area in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1582-1583

  Okumiya, Kiyohito ^a   Ishine, Masayuki ^b   Wada, Taizo ^b   Fujisawa, Michiko ^b   Pongvongsa, Tiengkham ^c   Siengsounthone, Latsamy ^d   Xyavong, Xida ^d   Boupha, Boungnong ^d   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Station of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology   (Laos)

^d National Institute of Public Health   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LAOS; LETTER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; LAOS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 51249108402     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01784.x     Document Type: Letter

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