Is obesity associated with iron status in the elderly? A case study from Sharpeville, South Africa

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 521-529

  Oldewage Theron, Wilna H ^a   Egal, Abdulkadir A ^a   Grobler, Christa J ^a  

^a VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Elderly; Iron status; Obesity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IRON;

AGED; AGING; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SENIOR CENTER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK; SENIOR CENTERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84921295977     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014000251     Document Type: Article

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