Dr. Linda Fried: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- geriatrician, then at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Maryland
- Quoted on
- Elderly care & frailty
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“defined five traits as being particularly predictive of frailty: unintentional weight loss, self-reported exhaustion, low physical activity, slow walking speed and weak grip strength”
What Dr. Linda Fried has said
“If you feel more at risk in your environment, if you're feeling hesitant to go and do some of the things you used to do, it's worth taking stock of how you're doing.”
Professor of epidemiology and medicine at Columbia University · Elderly care & frailty · 30 Sept 2026 · Are You Frail? What to Know and How to Reduce Your Risk ↗
Where Dr. Linda Fried has been quoted
- Frailty sets in far earlier than you’d expect, but you can reverse itnewscientist.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Are You Frail? What to Know and How to Reduce Your Risknytimes.com · 30 Sept 2026
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