Weight change and cognitive function: Findings from the women's health initiative study of cognitive aging

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1595-1600

  Driscoll, Ira ^a   Espeland, Mark A ^b   Wassertheil Smoller, Sylvia ^c   Gaussoin, Sarah A ^b   Ding, Jingzhong ^b   Granek, Iris A ^d   Ockene, Judith K ^e   Phillips, Lawrence S ^f   Yaffe, Kristine ^g,h   Resnick, Susan M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79960836044     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.23     Document Type: Article

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