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Weight-modification trials in older adults: what should the outcome measure be?

BACKGROUND: Overweight older adults are often counseled to lose weight, even though there is little evidence of excess mortality in that age group. Overweight and underweight may be more associated with health status than with mortality, but few clinical trials of any kind have been based on maximiz...

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Autores principales: Diehr, Paula, Newman, Anne B, Jackson, Sharon A, Kuller, Lewis, Powe, Neil
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC134473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11985775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1468-6708-3-1