Excessive Body Weight in Older Adults

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 311-326

  Porter Starr, Kathryn N ^a,b   Bales, Connie W ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Muscle mass; Obesity; Overweight; Physical function; Weight maintenance; Weight reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; OSTEOLYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPLICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SARCOPENIA; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SARCOPENIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84945490657     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2015.04.001     Document Type: Review

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