Obesity and underweight among Brazilian elderly: the Bambuí Health and Aging Study

• Egile Nagusiak: Barreto Sandhi M. (Egilea), Passos Valéria M. A. (Egilea), Lima-Costa Maria Fernanda F. (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The coexistence of obesity (body mass index, BMI > or = 30kg/m²) and underweight (BMI <= 20kg/m²) and related factors were investigated among all residents aged 60+ years in Bambuí, Minas Gerais State, using multinomial logistic regression. 1,451 (85.5%) of the town's elderly participate...