Trends in the Relationship between Obesity and Disability, 1988-2012

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 688-695

  Chang, Virginia W ^a,b   Alley, Dawn E ^c   Dowd, Jennifer Beam ^d,e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; body mass index; disability; disability evaluation; obesity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGING; BODY MASS; DISABILITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INDEX METHOD; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; AGE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85029711706     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx092     Document Type: Review

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