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Weight Loss and the Older Adult: Risks and Benefits

Wendy Gans, Rachelle Savelle, Nancy J. Gal, and Wendy Dahl


Release Date: 9/10/2024

Family and Consumer Sciences

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered peer reviewed Fact Sheet. Published by Nutrition and Food Systems

About this Publication

This document is FSHN20-42, one of a series of the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date September 2020. Revised May 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Wendy Gans, former MS-DI student; Rachelle Savelle, former MS-DI student, Food Science and Human Nutrition Department; Nancy J. Gal, Extension agent emeritus, Food and Consumer Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension Marion County; and Wendy Dahl, associate professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition Department; UF/IFAS Extension; Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Nancy Gal
Nancy Gal
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent IV emeritus, food and consumer sciences, UF/IFAS Marion County Extension

Wendy Dahl
Wendy Dahl
Specialist
University of Florida

professor and Extension specialist, UF/IFAS Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

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