Body mass index, life-style, and healthy status in free living elderly people in menorca island

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 298-305

  Ferra, A ^a   Del Mar Bibiloni, M ^a   Zapata, M E ^a   Pich, J ^a   Pons, A ^a   Tur, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body Mass index; Disease; Elderly; Lifestyle; Menorca

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH ULCER; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84863496904     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-011-0068-7     Document Type: Article

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