Prevalence of overweight and obesity in non-institutionalized people aged 65 or over from Spain: The elderly EXERNET multi-centre study

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 583-592

  Gomez Cabello, A ^a,b   Pedrero Chamizo, R ^c   Olivares, P R ^d   Luzardo, L ^e   Juez Bengoechea, A ^b   Mata, E ^f   Albers, U ^c   Aznar, S ^f   Villa, G ^b   Espino, L ^e   Gusi, N ^d   Gonzalez Gross, M ^c   Casajus, J A ^a   Ara, I ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^e Cabildo of Gran Canaria   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Ageing; Lifestyle; Sarcopenic obesity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; REVIEW; SARCOPENIC OBESITY; SPAIN;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79960603954     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00878.x     Document Type: Review

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