Involuntary weight loss in elderly individuals: assessment and treatment
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Involuntary weight loss in elderly individuals: assessment and treatment.
CONTEXT The loss of body weight and fat late in life is associated with premature death and increased risk of disability, even after excluding elderly subjects who have a preexisting disease. Although it is important to recognize that periods of substantially positive or negative energy balance and body weight fluctuation occur as a normal part of life, weight losses greater than 5% over 6 mont...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sao Paulo Medical Journal
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1516-3180
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802001000200007