Weight Loss in Older Persons

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 579-593

  Chapman, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Anorexia; Under nutrition; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANOREXIA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID STORAGE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STOMACH BYPASS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79955631186     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2011.02.004     Document Type: Review

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