Obesity and life expectancy among long-lived black adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-72

  Singh, Pramil N ^a   Clark, Ralph W ^a   Herring, Patti ^a   Sabaté, Joan ^a   Shavlik, David ^a   Fraser, Gary E ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Aging; Black*; BMI; Caribbean; Obesity; Southern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; ARTICLE; BLACK*; BMI.; CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTHERN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; BLACK*; BMI.; CARIBBEAN; OBESITY; SOUTHERN;

EID: 84890515476     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt049     Document Type: Article

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