Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33010899›Full record

ReviewClinics in geriatric medicine2020

Addressing Obesity to Promote Healthy Aging.

Meredith N Roderka, Sadhana Puri, John A Batsis

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Review in Clinics in geriatric medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Cohort profile: Beijing Healthy Aging Cohort Study (BHACS).European journal of epidemiology · 2024
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  7. Adipose tissue lymphocytes and obesity.The journal of cardiovascular aging · 2024
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  10. Understanding the development of sarcopenic obesity.Expert review of endocrinology & metabolism
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meredith N RoderkaSection of Weight & Wellness, Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
Sadhana PuriGeisel School of Medicine, 1 Rope Ferry Road, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
John A BatsisSection of Weight & Wellness, Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA; Geisel School of Medicine, 1 Rope Ferry Road, Hanover, NH 03755, USA; The Dartmouth Institute for Health & Clinical Practice, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA; Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging Hitchcock Loop Road, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA; Section of General Internal Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. Electronic address: john.batsis@gmail.com.
Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center · USDartmouth College · US

Funding

Mobile Health Obesity Wellness Intervention in Rural Older Adults_Res1K23AG051681 · NIA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BATSIS, JOHN A. · 2016 to 2022
$1.1M
NIA NIH HHS K23 AG051681
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The population worldwide is aging and prevalence of obesity in this population is increasing. The range of consequences that effect these at-risk patients include increased risk of falls, fractures, reduced quality of life, and cognitive decline. This article describes the epidemiology of obesity, risks and benefits of weight loss, and importance of treating obesity to help promote healthy aging. Health care professionals should encourage older adults with obesity to implement healthy lifestyle behaviors including exercise and diet routine. Treating obesity in older adults mitigates the significant public health crisis, and reduces health care utilization and risk of long-term adverse events.

Indexed as

Healthy AgingHealthy LifestyleAgedAgingExerciseHumansObesityQuality of LifeWeight LossHealthy agingObesityOlder adults

Identifiers

PMID33010899
PMCPMC7533351
OpenAlexW3049676562

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Registered trials

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