Seniors' body weight dissatisfaction and longitudinal associations with weight changes, anorexia of aging, and obesity: Results from the NuAge study

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 220-238

  Roy, Mathieu ^a   Shatenstein, Bryna ^b,c   Gaudreau, Pierrette ^c,d   Morais, José A ^e   Payette, Hélène ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; anorexia; body image; body weight changes; obesity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANOREXIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANOREXIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84922840253     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264314546715     Document Type: Article

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