[http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/index.html]
Kopelman PG: Obesity as a medical problem. Nature. 2000, 404 (6778): 635-643.
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Gutierrez-Fisac JL, Lopez E, Banegas JR, Graciani A, Rodriguez-Artalejo F: Prevalence of overweight and obesity in elderly people in Spain. Obes Res. 2004, 12 (4): 710-715.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Curtin LR, McDowell MA, Tabak CJ, Flegal KM: Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States, 1999-2004. JAMA. 2006, 295 (13): 1549-1555.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Brown JS, Seeley DG, Fong J, Black DM, Ensrud KE, Grady D: Urinary incontinence in older women: who is at risk? Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group. Obstet Gynecol. 1996, 87 (5 Pt 1): 715-721.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Dwyer PL, Lee ET, Hay DM: Obesity and urinary incontinence in women. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1988, 95 (1): 91-96.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Ford ES: Body mass index and colon cancer in a national sample of adult US men and women. Am J Epidemiol. 1999, 150 (4): 390-398.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Glynn RJ, Christen WG, Manson JE, Bernheimer J, Hennekens CH: Body mass index. An independent predictor of cataract. Arch Ophthalmol. 1995, 113 (9): 1131-1137.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Hiller R, Podgor MJ, Sperduto RD, Nowroozi L, Wilson PW, D'Agostino RB, Colton T: A longitudinal study of body mass index and lens opacities. The Framingham Studies. Ophthalmology. 1998, 105 (7): 1244-1250.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Huang Z, Willett WC, Manson JE, Rosner B, Stampfer MJ, Speizer FE, Colditz GA: Body weight, weight change, and risk for hypertension in women. Ann Intern Med. 1998, 128 (2): 81-88.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Kannel WB, D'Agostino RB, Cobb JL: Effect of weight on cardiovascular disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 1996, 63 (3 Suppl): 419S-422S.
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
McCarthy LH, Bigal ME, Katz M, Derby C, Lipton RB: Chronic pain and obesity in elderly people: results from the Einstein aging study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009, 57 (1): 115-119.
Article
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Milionis HJ, Florentin M, Giannopoulos S: Metabolic syndrome and Alzheimer's disease: a link to a vascular hypothesis?. CNS Spectr. 2008, 13 (7): 606-613.
PubMed
Google Scholar
Mommsen S, Foldspang A: Body mass index and adult female urinary incontinence. World J Urol. 1994, 12 (6): 319-322.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Olesen M, Gudmand-Hoyer E: Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of fructooligosaccharides in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000, 72 (6): 1570-1575.
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Resnick HE, Valsania P, Halter JB, Lin X: Relation of weight gain and weight loss on subsequent diabetes risk in overweight adults. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2000, 54 (8): 596-602.
Article
PubMed
CAS
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Roberts RE, Kaplan GA, Shema SJ, Strawbridge WJ: Are the obese at greater risk for depression?. Am J Epidemiol. 2000, 152 (2): 163-170.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Tikkinen KA, Auvinen A, Huhtala H, Tammela TL: Nocturia and obesity: a population-based study in Finland. Am J Epidemiol. 2006, 163 (11): 1003-1011.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
van den Brandt PA, Spiegelman D, Yaun SS, Adami HO, Beeson L, Folsom AR, Fraser G, Goldbohm RA, Graham S, Kushi L, et al: Pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies on height, weight, and breast cancer risk. Am J Epidemiol. 2000, 152 (6): 514-527.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
McGinnis JM, Foege WH: Actual causes of death in the United States. JAMA. 1993, 270 (18): 2207-2212.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson DF, Gail MH: Excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity. JAMA. 2005, 293 (15): 1861-1867.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Reynolds SL, Saito Y, Crimmins EM: The impact of obesity on active life expectancy in older American men and women. Gerontologist. 2005, 45 (4): 438-444.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Himes CL: Obesity, disease, and functional limitation in later life. Demography. 2000, 37 (1): 73-82.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Kaplan MS, Huguet N, Newsom JT, McFarland BH, Lindsay J: Prevalence and correlates of overweight and obesity among older adults: findings from the Canadian National Population Health Survey. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2003, 58 (11): 1018-1030.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Villareal DT, Apovian CM, Kushner RF, Klein S: Obesity in older adults: technical review and position statement of the American Society for Nutrition and NAASO, The Obesity Society. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005, 82 (5): 923-934.
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Chapman IM: Obesity in old age. Front Horm Res. 2008, 36: 97-106.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Kuczmarski RJ, Johnson CL: Overweight and obesity in the United States: prevalence and trends, 1960-1994. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1998, 22 (1): 39-47.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Kruger J, Ham SA, Prohaska TR: Behavioral risk factors associated with overweight and obesity among older adults: the 2005 National Health Interview Survey. Prev Chronic Dis. 2009, 6 (1): A14.-
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Bakhshi E, Mohammad K, Eshraghian MR, Seifi B: Factors related to obesity among Iranian men: results from the National Health Survey. Public Health Nutr. 13 (9): 1389-1394.
Bakhshi E, Eshraghian MR, Mohammad K, Seifi B: A comparison of two methods for estimating odds ratios: results from the National Health Survey. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2008, 8: 78-
Article
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Bakhshi E, Eshraghian MR, Mohammad K, Foroushani AR, Zeraati H, Fotouhi A, Siassi F, Seifi B: The positive association between number of children and obesity in Iranian women and men: results from the National Health Survey. BMC Public Health. 2008, 8: 213-
Article
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Bakhshi E, Eshraghian MR, Mohammad K, Foroushani AR, Zeraati H, Fotouhi A, Siassi F, Seifi B: Sociodemographic and smoking associated with obesity in adult women in Iran: results from the National Health Survey. J Public Health (Oxf). 2008, 30 (4): 429-435.
Article
Google Scholar
Launer LJ, Harris T: Weight, height and body mass index distributions in geographically and ethnically diverse samples of older persons. Ad Hoc Committee on the Statistics of Anthropometry and Aging. Age Ageing. 1996, 25 (4): 300-306.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Baumgartner RN, Stauber PM, McHugh D, Koehler KM, Garry PJ: Cross-sectional age differences in body composition in persons 60+ years of age. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1995, 50 (6): M307-316.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Gallagher D, Visser M, De Meersman RE, Sepulveda D, Baumgartner RN, Pierson RN, Harris T, Heymsfield SB: Appendicular skeletal muscle mass: effects of age, gender, and ethnicity. J Appl Physiol. 1997, 83 (1): 229-239.
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Flynn MA, Nolph GB, Baker AS, Martin WM, Krause G: Total body potassium in aging humans: a longitudinal study. Am J Clin Nutr. 1989, 50 (4): 713-717.
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Abrantes MM, Lamounier JA, Colosimo EA: [Overweight and obesity prevalence in Northeast and Southeast Regions of Brazil]. Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2003, 49 (2): 162-166.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Barbosa AR, Santarem JM, Jacob Filho W, Meirelles ES, Marucci JM: [Comparison of body fat using anthropometry bioelectrical impedance and DEXA in elderly women]. Arch Latinoam Nutr. 2001, 51 (1): 49-56.
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Barreto SM, Passos VM, Lima-Costa MF: Obesity and underweight among Brazilian elderly: the Bambui Health and Aging Study. Cad Saude Publica. 2003, 19 (2): 605-612.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Glass TA, Rasmussen MD, Schwartz BS: Neighborhoods and obesity in older adults: the Baltimore Memory Study. Am J Prev Med. 2006, 31 (6): 455-463.
Article
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Gutierrez LM, Llaca MC, Cervantes L, Velasquez Alva MC, Irigoyen ME, Zepeda M: Overweight in elderly Mexican women of a marginal community. J Nutr Health Aging. 2001, 5 (4): 256-258.
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Mineur YS, Abizaid A, Rao Y, Salas R, DiLeone RJ, Gundisch D, Diano S, De Biasi M, Horvath TL, Gao XB: Nicotine decreases food intake through activation of POMC neurons. Science. 332 (6035): 1330-1332.
Gonseth S, Jacot-Sadowski I, Diethelm PA, Barras V, Cornuz J: The tobacco industry's past role in weight control related to smoking. Eur J Public Health. 2011,
Google Scholar
Lin CC, Li TC, Lai SW, Li CI, Wanga KC, Tan CK, Ng KC, Liu CS: Epidemiology of obesity in elderly people. Yale J Biol Med. 1999, 72 (6): 385-391.
PubMed
CAS
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Bostrom G, Diderichsen F: Socioeconomic differentials in misclassification of height, weight and body mass index based on questionnaire data. Int J Epidemiol. 1997, 26 (4): 860-866.
Article
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar
Kuskowska-Wolk A, Bergstrom R, Bostrom G: Relationship between questionnaire data and medical records of height, weight and body mass index. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1992, 16 (1): 1-9.
PubMed
CAS
Google Scholar