Overweight or underweight and the risk of decline in activities of daily living in a 22-year cohort study of a Japanese sample.

Shohei OkamotoTomonori OkamuraDaisuke SugiyamaTakehito HayakawaYasuyuki NakamuraNaoko MiyagawaShuji KuritaNaoyuki TakashimaTakayoshi OhkuboAya KadotaAkira FujiyoshiKatsuyuki MiuraAkira OkayamaHirotsugu Ueshima

Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2018)

This study suggests being overweight is a good predictor of future decline in ADL for women, whereas men with BMI 22.0-24.9 had lower risks of ADL decline. Appropriate management of weight in older women could prevent disabilities. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2018; 18: 799-805.

Keyphrases

weight gain
weight loss
physical activity
body mass index
polycystic ovary syndrome
current status
type diabetes
insulin resistance
risk assessment
skeletal muscle
cervical cancer screening