Obesity-associated cognitive decline: Excess weight affects more than the waistline

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 230-231

  Cohen, Ronald A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEMORY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 77952330192     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000297745     Document Type: Note

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