Body mass trajectory, energy balance, and weight loss as determinants of health and mortality in older adults

Obesity Facts

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-178

  Bales, Connie W ^a   Buhr, Gwendolen T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Mortality; Obesity; Older adults; Overweight; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; ENERGY BALANCE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENERGY METABOLISM; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 68949135140     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000221008     Document Type: Article

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