Improved Function with Enhanced Protein Intake per Meal: A Pilot Study of Weight Reduction in Frail, Obese Older Adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1369-1375

  Porter Starr, Kathryn N ^a,b   Pieper, Carl F ^a,c   Orenduff, Melissa C ^a   McDonald, Shelley R ^c   McClure, Luisa B ^a   Zhou, Run ^c   Payne, Martha E ^a   Bales, Connie W ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Frailty; Function; Obesity; Older adults; Protein; Weight loss intervention

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN INTAKE;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; AGED; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, REDUCING; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84991075823     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv210     Document Type: Article

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