Researchers found that low in fat and high in carbohydrate diet reduces the weights of older women especially if carbohydrates comes from fruits, vegetables and whole grains. This was proven by 40 percent of women in...
"Rapid weight loss, when it occurs in older women can be a sign of bad things to come such as early institutionalization,cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease, and pose a higher risk for falls and fractures," Dr. Smith said. During a five-year observation, 39.4% of the patients had rap...
diabetes (GDM) who developed impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or type 2 diabetes (T2DM) to that in those with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and to determine, in these women, the effect of weight loss (WL) induced by diet and exercise training on systemic inflammation and adipokine levels....
AB1258-HPR Pilot Study: Does a Mediterranean Diet-Based Weight Loss Programme Improve Health Outcomes in Overweight Older Women with Knee Osteoarthritis?Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the leading causes of pain and disability among older adults, particularly women. Pain and mobility disability are...
Older women with low bone density have an increased risk of fracture, cardiovascular disease, and mortality. However, it is not known whether this association is caused by ongoing bone loss or by lower bone mass earlier in life. To determine whether rate of bone loss is associated with total...
Sedentary, overweight women aged 60-70 years were assigned either to a 16-week health education group (n = 70) in which they were instructed to exercise aerobically on their own three times per week or to a 16-week exercise group (n = 76) that consisted of three supervised aerobic sessio...
Aday RH, Kehoe GC, Farney LA: Impact of senior center friendships on aging women who live alone. J Women Aging. 2006, 18 (1): 57-73. 10.1300/J074v18n01_05. Article PubMed Google Scholar Chen YM, Thompson EA: Understanding factors that influence success of HCBS in keeping older adul...
Aim The objectives of the present study were to examine the relationships between intramuscular fat, muscle strength and gait independence, as well as to clarify the intramuscular fat characteristics of dependent older women. Methods A total of 25 older women who were unable to walk with or withou...
This means that the caregiving role of some older women may affect their other roles, e.g. being a wife. There is no doubt that the loss of the role of wife is likely to have negative emotional and mental effects on the respondent. Another respondent, who experienced verbal stigma from ...
Intentional and Unintentional Weight Loss Increase Bone Loss and Hip Fracture Risk in Older Women Objectives: To test the hypothesis that unintentional weight loss increases the rate of bone loss and risk of hip fracture more than intentional weight loss. KE Ensrud,SK Ewing,KL Stone,... - 《Jo...