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In the very old, higher BMI is associated with more health complaints, and in overweight men, with mental health complaints too

03.29.23 | PLOS

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The impact of BMI on psychological health in oldest old individuals–Are there differences between women and men?
In the very old, higher BMI is associated with more health complaints, and in overweight men, with mental health complaints too. Credit: micheile henderson, Unsplash, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283089

Article Title: The impact of BMI on psychological health in oldest old individuals–Are there differences between women and men?

Author Countries: Germany

Funding: This study was funded by the @ktivPLUS study (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, grant number 01GY2108) awarded to M. Löbner. Publication was funded by the Open Access Publishing Fund of Leipzig University, which is supported by the German Research Foundation within the program "Open Access Publication Funding". The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0283089

The impact of BMI on psychological health in oldest old individuals–Are there differences between women and men?

29-Mar-2023

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Body Mass Index Gender Studies Health and Medicine Health Care Human Health Mental Health Obesity

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0283089
Article Publication Date
2023-03-29
Article Title
The impact of BMI on psychological health in oldest old individuals–Are there differences between women and men?
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2023, March 29). In the very old, higher BMI is associated with more health complaints, and in overweight men, with mental health complaints too. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8Y45JE6L/in-the-very-old-higher-bmi-is-associated-with-more-health-complaints-and-in-overweight-men-with-mental-health-complaints-too.html
MLA:
"In the very old, higher BMI is associated with more health complaints, and in overweight men, with mental health complaints too." Brightsurf News, Mar. 29 2023, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8Y45JE6L/in-the-very-old-higher-bmi-is-associated-with-more-health-complaints-and-in-overweight-men-with-mental-health-complaints-too.html.