Obesity and weight management in the elderly: A focus on men

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 509-525

  Han, T S ^a   Wu, F C W ^b   Lean, M E J ^c  

^a St Peters Hospital NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ageing; bariatric surgery; cancer; early life origins of obesity; endocrine disruptors; GLP 1 receptor analogue; health policy and planning; heart failure; sarcopenic obesity

Indexed keywords

EXENDIN 4; LIRAGLUTIDE; SIBUTRAMINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAT MASS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW FAT DIET; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE MASS; NAUSEA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; POLYPHARMACY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SARCOPENIA; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; VOMITING; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGEING; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CANCER; EARLY LIFE ORIGINS OF OBESITY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; GLP-1 RECEPTOR ANALOGUE; HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING; HEART FAILURE; SARCOPENIC OBESITY;

ADULT; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPE; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SARCOPENIA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84884417714     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2013.04.012     Document Type: Review

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