St. Louis University

As obesity epidemic peaks, our grandparents are starving to death

Published in Hospital and Nursing Home Week, April 15th, 2004

As we wage war on the obesity epidemic, our preoccupation with what we eat may kill our grandparents, said a St. Louis University geriatrician and endocrinologist who has studied the hormones that trigger appetite.

"Despite the fact that almost every study shows that intentional and unintentional weight loss in the elderly results in premature death and disability, the public is continuously barraged with information on the evils of obesity and how food intake should be curtailed," said John Morley, MD, director of the division of geriatric medicine at St. Louis University School of Medicine.

Weight loss - not weight gain - in the elderly should send...

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Source: Hospital and Nursing Home Week (2004-04-15)

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