Associations of medical conditions, lifestyle and unintentional weight loss in early old age: The 1946 British Birth Cohort.

<h4>Background</h4>Unintentional weight loss in older people has been linked to increased risk of mortality. We aimed to investigate common medical conditions and lifestyle factors, including body fat distribution, as potential determinants of recent and prospective unintentional weight...

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Main Authors: Yixiao Cao, Rebecca Hardy, Wahyu Wulaningsih
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211952