Caloric Restriction for Treatment of Geriatric Obesity: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks?

Current Nutrition Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 143-155

  Normandin, Eve ^a,b   Houston, Denise K ^a   Nicklas, Barbara J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body composition; Caloric restriction; Obesity; Older adults; Overweight; Physical function; Randomized clinical trial; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPENIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84953214128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21613311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13668-015-0123-9     Document Type: Review

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