Obesity and diabetes in an aging population: Time to rethink definitions and management?

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-15

  Rothberg, Amy E ^a   Halter, Jeffrey B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Elderly population; Heterogeneous; Lifestyle interventions; Obesity; Prediabetes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; METFORMIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGE; AGED; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; LIFESTYLE; METABOLISM; SELF CARE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; SELF CARE;

EID: 84912103909     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2014.08.016     Document Type: Review

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