Overweight in midlife is related to lower cognitive function 30 years later: A prospective study with longitudinal assessments

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 543-552

  Hassing, Linda B ^a   Dahl, Anna K ^b   Pedersen, Nancy L ^c,d   Johansson, Boo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Cognition; Mental ability; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 77954191017     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314874     Document Type: Article

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