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A Call to Action: Now Is the Time to Screen Elderly and Treat Osteosarcopenia, a Position Paper of the Italian College of Academic Nutritionists MED/49 (ICAN-49).
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- Development and validation of a screening tool for sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults: a diagnostic cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Prognostic role of sarcopenia in heart failure patients.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2025Article
- Evaluation of sarcopenia diagnosis strategies in Chinese community-dwelling older adults based on the 2019 Asian Working Group guidelines: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Sarcopenia screening indices as predictors of mortality in older patients with Alzheimer's disease.BMC geriatrics · 2024Observational
- Association of dietary patterns with sarcopenia in adults aged 50 years and older.European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- The efficacy of nutritional screening indexes in predicting the incidence of osteosarcopenia and major osteoporotic fracture in the elderly.Journal of bone and mineral metabolism · 2024Article
- Total and Plant Protein Consumption: The Role of Inflammation and Risk of Non-Communicable Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Advances in Phenotyping Obesity and in Its Dietary and Pharmacological Treatment: A Narrative Review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Review
- Sarcopenia and Appendicular Muscle Mass as Predictors of Impaired Fasting Glucose/Type 2 Diabetes in Elderly Women.Nutrients · 2021Article
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Abstract
Aging is a risk factor for the development of multiple chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia. Life expectancy has increased in certain countries but this phenomenon is associated with a reduction of years of healthy life. Aging is associated with a number of physical and functional changes, especially sarcopenia. Sarcopenia is a clinical condition associated with a decrease in skeletal muscle and muscle strength, however, sarcopenia is a reversible condition. On the basis of the current scientific literature, sarcopenia could more appropriately capture an individual's vulnerability to negative health-related outcomes since it represents an early form of the chronic diseases. Recognition of this clinical condition can improve the management of older individuals in many different clinical settings. Despite the limitations of the indirect methods used to study body composition, the Italian College of the Academic Nutritionists ME/49 recommends that health authorities and health professionals around the world should make a greater effort to diagnose sarcopenia earlier and to manage it more effectively. In line with the development of cancer screening, the use of two diagnostic tools for sarcopenia (BIA and DXA) should be implemented.
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