The effects of weight and physical activity change over 20 years on later-life objective and self-reported disability

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 856-865

  Williams, Emily D ^a   Eastwood, Sophie V ^a   Tillin, Therese ^a   Hughes, Alun D ^a   Chaturvedi, Nishi ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Obesity; Older age; Physical activity; Weight change

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84902653469     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu013     Document Type: Article

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