Nutritional status, physical performance and functional capacity in an elderly population in southern Brazil

Objective: to investigate the association between nutritional status and functional limitation and disability in an elderly population in southern Brazil. Methods: epidemiological, cross-sectional household-based study carried out with 477 elderly of both sexes (60 to 100 years). Body mass index...

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Main Authors: Ana Lúcia Danielewicz, Aline Rodrigues Barbosa, Giovâni Firpo Del Duca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira 2014-06-01
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302014000300242&lng=en&tlng=en