Unintentional Weight Loss Predicts Decline in Activities of Daily Living Function and Life-Space Mobility Over 4 Years Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Abstract

In this population of community-dwelling older African Americans and whites, neither BMI nor intentional weight loss had an association with rate of functional decline. Unintentional weight loss had a negative relation with rate of functional decline, regardless of baseline BMI. Whether this is causal remains to be determined.