Obesity and associated lifestyle in a large sample of multi-morbid German primary care attendees.

Obesity and the accompanying increased morbidity and mortality risk is highly prevalent among older adults. As obese elderly might benefit from intentional weight reduction, it is necessary to determine associated and potentially modifiable factors on senior obesity. This cross-sectional study focus...

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Main Authors: Claudia Sikorski, Melanie Luppa, Siegfried Weyerer, Hans-Helmut König, Wolfgang Maier, Gerhard Schön, Juliana J Petersen, Jochen Gensichen, Angela Fuchs, Horst Bickel, Birgitt Wiese, Heike Hansen, Hendrik van den Bussche, Martin Scherer, Steffi G Riedel-Heller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4103827?pdf=render