Geriatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 79-80 , March 2005

Relationship of dementia and body weight

  • Peggy K. Yen, RD, LD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • PEGGY K. YEN, RD, LD, MPH, is a public health nutrition consultant in Baltimore, Maryland.

References 

    References
  1. Barrett-Conner E, Edelstein SL, Corey-Bloom J, Wiederholt WC. Weight loss precedes dementia in community-dwelling older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1996;44:1147–1152
  2. Stewart R, Masaki K, Qian-Li Xue, et al.  A 32-year prospective study of change in body weight and incident dementia. Arch Neurol. 2005;62:55–60

PII: S0197-4572(05)00027-3

doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2005.01.009

Geriatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 79-80 , March 2005

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