Weight loss and regain and effects on body composition: The health, aging, and body composition study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-83

  Lee, Jung Sun ^a   Visser, Marjolein ^b,c   Tylavsky, Frances A ^d   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^e   Schwartz, Ann V ^f   Sahyoun, Nadine ^g   Harris, Tamara B ^h   Newman, Anne B ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Older adults; Weight cycle

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 74049087774     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp042     Document Type: Article

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