Positive views of aging reduce risk of developing later-life obesity

Preventive Medicine Reports

Volumn 13, Issue , 2019, Pages 196-198

  Levy, Becca R ^a   Slade, Martin D ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageism; Behaviors; Healthy aging; Obesity; Preventive health; Self perceptions of aging; Stereotyping; Views of aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY AGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF PERCEPTION OF AGING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

EID: 85059858756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.12.012     Document Type: Article

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