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Aging may be associated with a significant impairment in the ability to control food intake following overeating or undereating.
Practitioners should consider that older adults may not adjust their food intake effectively in response to changes in energy intake.
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These results in 35 men suggest that aging may be associated with a significant impairment in the ability to control food intake following overeating or undereating.
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Control of food intake in older men
Susan B. Roberts · JAMA · 1994
DOI 10.1001/jama.272.20.1601
other · n=35Cited 75×
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