Impact of a Program of Tai Chi Plus Behaviorally Based Dietary Weight Loss on Physical Functioning and Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors: A Community-Based Study in Obese Older Women

Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 50-65

  Xu, Furong ^a   Letendre, Jonathan ^a   Bekke, Jillian ^a   Beebe, Nowen ^a   Mahler, Leslie ^a   Lofgren, Ingrid E ^a   Delmonico, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; body composition; obesity; older adults; physical function; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM RESTRICTION; TAI CHI; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET, REDUCING; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; ELDER NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OBESITY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RHODE ISLAND; RISK FACTORS; TAI JI; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84928666611     PISSN: 21551197     EISSN: 21551200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21551197.2014.1003672     Document Type: Article

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