Comparing Years of Healthy Life, Measured in 16 Ways, for Normal Weight and Overweight Older Adults

• Main Authors: Paula Diehr (Author), Stephen Thielke (Author), Ellen O'Meara (Author), Annette L. Fitzpatrick (Author), Anne Newman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. The traditional definitions of overweight and obesity are not age specific, even though the relationship of weight to mortality is different for older adults. Effects of adiposity on aspects of health beside mortality have not been well investigated. Methods. We calculated the number o...