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- Title
An evidence-based assessment of federal guidelines for overweight and obesity as they apply to elderly persons.
- Authors
Heiat, A; Vaccarino, V; Krumholz, H M
- Abstract
The US Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults set the body mass index (BMI; weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) of 25 as the upper limit of ideal weight for all adults regardless of age. However, the prognostic importance of overweight and obesity in elderly persons (>/=65 years) is controversial. We sought to analyze the guidelines in the context of currently available evidence that is relevant to older adults.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2001, Vol 161, Issue 9, p1194
- ISSN
0003-9926
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinte.161.9.1194