Weight Loss and Regain and Effects on Body Composition: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study

BACKGROUND: Older adults are less able to conserve lean mass relative to fat mass with weight change. A cycle of weight loss and regain in an older individual could accelerate sarcopenia. We examined whether older adults experiencing weight loss and regain would show a greater loss of lean mass duri...

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Main Authors: Lee, Jung Sun, Visser, Marjolein, Tylavsky, Frances A., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Schwartz, Ann V., Sahyoun, Nadine, Harris, Tamara B., Newman, Anne B.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2010
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Journal of Gerontology: MEDICAL SCIENCES
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2796877/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19366882
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glp042
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