Weight Loss Involving Exercise Increases Older Women’s Perceived Ability To Accomplish Their Physical Roles

PURPOSE: Older women are known to be at higher risk for both obesity and physical disability compared to their male counterparts. Reductions in perceived physical function (P-PFx) contribute to a decreased health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Weight loss can improve HRQoL in the domain of P-PFx, but the weight loss method that elicits the greatest improvements in both P-PFx and physical role limitations (PRL), such as difficulties or...