Metabolic Health Status and the Obesity Paradox in Older Adults

Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 161-176

  Cheng, Feon W ^a   Gao, Xiang ^a   Mitchell, Diane C ^a   Wood, Craig ^b   Rolston, David D K ^b   Still, Christopher D ^b   Jensen, Gordon L ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; metabolic health; mortality; obesity; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PENNSYLVANIA; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PENNSYLVANIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84983781388     PISSN: 21551197     EISSN: 21551200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21551197.2016.1199004     Document Type: Article

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