Cognitive consequences of overweight and obesity in the ninth decade of life?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-65

  Dahl Aslan, Anna K ^a,b   Starr, John M ^c   Pattie, Alison ^c   Deary, Ian ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Aged; 80 and over; Body mass index; Cognition; Intelligence; Longitudinal studies; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; AGING; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; INTELLIGENCE TEST; OVERWEIGHT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCOTLAND; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84948656471     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/AGEING/AFU108     Document Type: Article

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