Obesity in the elderly: who should we be treating, and why, and how?
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care
- Publisher
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer) - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2004
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3–9
- Identifiers
- PMID: 15090896
- Source
- Medline
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
Sarcopenic obesity, with accumulation of intra-abdominal fat, is a major determinant of health status in the elderly. As in the younger population, prevention and treatment programmes have the potential to decrease the impact of diabetes, vascular disease, and other complications of obesity.
