The associations between diet quality, Body Mass Index (BMI) and Health and Activity Limitation Index (HALEX) in the Geisinger Rural Aging Study (GRAS)

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 167-170

  Ford, Dara W ^a   Jensen, G L ^a   Still, C ^b   Wood, C ^b   Mitchell, D C ^a   Erickson, P ^c   Bailey, R ^d   Smiciklas Wright, H ^a   Coffman, D L ^a   Hartman, T J ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Diet quality; HALex; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY SCREENING TOOL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH AND ACTIVITY LIMITATION INDEX; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; THINNESS;

EID: 84898995560     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-014-0016-4     Document Type: Article

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