The relationship between body mass index and quality of life in community-living older adults living in the United States

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 495-501

  Bottone, Frank G ^a   Hawkins, K ^a   Musich, S ^a   Cheng, Y ^a   Ozminkowski, R J ^a   Migliori, R J ^b   Yeh, C S ^c  

^a OPTUM   (United States)

^b UNITEDHEALTH GROUP   (United States)

^c AARP   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare; obesity; quality of life; underweight

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY, MORBID; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY, MORBID; OVERWEIGHT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890427613     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-013-0022-y     Document Type: Article

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