title: Is it time to update body mass index standards in the elderly or embrace measurements of body composition?
authors.affiliation: School of Nutritional Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Robert H Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ben-Yacov
authors.affiliation: School of Nutritional Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Robert H Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ainembabazi
authors.affiliation: School of Nutritional Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Robert H Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Stark
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D058620:Elder Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D050177:Overweight / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013851:Thinness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality