Body mass index across midlife and cognitive change in late life

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 296-302

  Dahl, A K ^a,b   Hassing, L B ^c   Fransson, E I ^a,b   Gatz, M ^a,d   Reynolds, C A ^e   Pedersen, N L ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; body mass index; cognition; overweight; underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; COGNITION; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; THINNESS;

EID: 84873722966     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2012.37     Document Type: Article

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