Health consequences associated with being overweight or obese: A Swedish population-based study of 85-year-olds

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 243-250

  Dong, Huan Ji ^a,b   Unosson, Mitra ^a   Wressle, Ewa ^a,b   Marcusson, Jan ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

85 year olds; health consequences; obesity; overweight

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SWEDEN; WELLBEING;

EID: 84857048463     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03827.x     Document Type: Article

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