Relationship between obesity and obesity-related morbidities weakens with aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-92

  Canning, Karissa L ^a   Brown, Ruth E ^a   Jamnik, Veronica K ^a   Kuk, Jennifer L ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Body mass index; Morbidity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS INDEX.; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; METHODOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

AGING; BODY MASS INDEX.; MORBIDITY; OBESITY;

EID: 84890534138     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt026     Document Type: Article

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