Open AccessStay Slim or Get Fat?: An Examination of the “Jolly Fat” Effect in Chinese Older Adults
Author(s) -
Xiaojun Liu,
Shuoni Chen,
Anran Tan,
Jiayi Zhou,
Wenbin Liu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s302270
Subject(s) - medicine , underweight , overweight , obesity , body mass index , quality of life (healthcare) , demography , confounding , gerontology , chinese people , chinese population , china , health related quality of life , rural area , geography , biochemistry , chemistry , nursing , disease , pathology , sociology , genotype , gene , archaeology
The association between body mass index (BMI) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has not been verified neither in China nor in any other Asian country. This study aimed to examine the association between BMI and HRQOL in the Chinese older adults population.