Obesity Is Associated with Functional Decline in Community‐Dwelling Rural Older Persons
- 28 May 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Vol. 50 (5) , 918-923
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50220.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This investigation sought to examine potential gender differences in the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and functional decline. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: Rural Pennsylvan...Keywords
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