Successful aging, dietary habits and health status of elderly individuals: A k-dimensional approach within the multi-national MEDIS study

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-63

  Tyrovolas, Stefanos ^a,b   Haro, Josep Maria ^a   Mariolis, Anargiros ^c   Piscopo, Suzanne ^d   Valacchi, Giuseppe ^e   Tsakountakis, Nikos ^f   Zeimbekis, Akis ^g   Tyrovola, Dimitra ^b   Bountziouka, Vassiliki ^b   Gotsis, Efthimios ^b   Metallinos, George ^b   Tur, Josep Antoni ^h   Matalas, Antonia Leda ^b   Lionis, Christos ^f   Polychronopoulos, Evangelos ^b   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c General Hospital of Sparta   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^g General Hospital of Mytilini   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Health; Mediterranean; Older adults; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY RELATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84908432913     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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