ReviewObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2018
Weight Loss Strategies in the Elderly: A Clinical Conundrum.
Review in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Aerobic physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and non-communicable diseases risk in older adults: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Essential amino acid enriched meal replacement improves body composition and physical function in obese older adults: A randomized controlled trial.Clinical nutrition ESPEN · 2022Trial
- Eight-Year Changes in Multimorbidity and Frailty in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Associations With Cognitive and Physical Function and Mortality.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2022Trial
- Does the Impact of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Vary According to Frailty as Measured via Deficit Accumulation?The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2021Trial
- Essential amino acid-enriched meal replacement promotes superior net protein balance in older, overweight adults.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2019Trial
- Nutrition for Older Adults: Perspectives on Dietary Guidance for Healthy Aging.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
- Combined versus Individual Effects of Dietary Energy Reduction and Physical Activity on Body Composition in Older Adults with Metabolic Syndrome.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2026Article
- Associations of changes in waist-to-height ratio with all-cause mortality among Chinese older adults: a national cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Targeting intramyocellular lipids to improve aging muscle function.Lipids in health and disease · 2025Review
- Loss of body weight is dose-dependently associated with reductions in symptoms of hip osteoarthritis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- Long-term weight patterns and physical activity in gallstones.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Frailty and Cardiovascular Health.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Review
- Investigation of the association of weight loss with radiographic hip osteoarthritis in older community-dwelling female adults.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
- Association of Change in Body Mass Index With Incidence and Progression of the Structural Defects of Hip Osteoarthritis: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative and the Cohort Hip and Cohort Knee study.Arthritis care & research · 2023Article
- A Sled Dog Model for Positive Health Effects of Weight Management and Exercise.American journal of biochemistry & biotechnology · 2023Article
- The older, the less potential benefit for type 2 diabetes from weight control.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Chinese herbal medicine is associated with higher body weight reduction than liraglutide among the obese population: A real-world comparative cohort study.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Pre-diabetes in the elderly and the see-saw model of paternalism.Journal of medical ethics · 2021Article
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- Alaska backcountry expeditionary hunting promotes rapid improvements in metabolic biomarkers in healthy males and females.Physiological reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
The age-related concomitant loss of skeletal muscle and accumulation of excess adipose tissue have been commonly referred to as sarcopenic obesity. While weight loss may help mitigate the metabolic abnormalities linked to obesity, low fitness levels and muscle atrophy complicate the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions. Because of low levels of compliance, suboptimal economic efficiency, and low functional capacity, there has been no consensus on optimal therapy. This includes the use of high-protein diets that do not ensure muscle preservation during weight loss in this segment of the population. The primary objectives of this review are to discuss the relevance of sarcopenic obesity, examine the feasibility of weight loss in the elderly, and highlight new approaches to the problem.
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