ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2021
The Relevance of Diet, Physical Activity, Exercise, and Persuasive Technology in the Prevention and Treatment of Sarcopenic Obesity in Older Adults.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of different modes of digital health interventions for sarcopenia in older adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Nutritional and exercise interventions in individuals with sarcopenic obesity around retirement age: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nutrition reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Nutrition and Exercise Interventions to Improve Body Composition for Persons with Overweight or Obesity Near Retirement Age: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
- The Effects of Different Exercise Training Types on Body Composition and Physical Performance in Older Adults with Sarcopenic Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2023Pooled it
- Evidence of whole-body vibration exercises on body composition changes in older individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Pooled it
- Adherence to resistance training and hypocaloric diet among persons near retirement age - A secondary data analysis of three randomized controlled trials.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Trial
- Reduced Synaptophysin-like 2 (MG29/SYPL2) Levels Mimic Age-Related Alterations in Skeletal Muscle Calcium Homeostasis and Lipid Signaling.Biomolecules · 2026Article
- Age-Related Differences in Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status Among Older Adults in Croatia: Results from a National Food Consumption Survey.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Sarcopenia, Obesity, and Sarcopenic Obesity in Relation to Functional Limitations in Older Adults.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Is higher protein intake during weight loss interventions in older adults associated with improved outcomes? A secondary data analysis of three randomised controlled trials.Nutrition journal · 2026Article
- Advancing Precision Diagnosis of Sarcopenic Obesity Through Digital Technologies, Wearables and Omics Data.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Effect of Resistance Training on Older Adults with Sarcopenic Obesity: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Blood Biomarkers, Functionality, and Body Composition.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Review
- Exploring motivation, goals, facilitators, and barriers to adopt health behaviors at retirement age: a focus group study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Myostatin as a plausible biomarker for early stage of sarcopenic obesity.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Medical weight loss in older persons with obesity.Clinical obesity · 2024Review
- Association of the dietary inflammatory index with sarcopenic obesity and frailty in older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Sarcopenic obesity in older adults: a clinical overview.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2024Review
- Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity and Mortality Among Older People.JAMA network open · 2024Article
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Abstract
The aging population faces two conditions that threaten healthy aging: high fat mass (obesity) and low muscle mass and function (sarcopenia). The combination of both-referred to as sarcopenic obesity-synergistically increases the risk of adverse health outcomes. The two conditions often co-occur because they reinforce each other and share common etiologies, including poor nutrition and inactivity. All aging people are at risk of gaining weight and losing muscle mass and could benefit from improvements in physical activity, exercise and dietary intake. one specific window of opportunity is during the transient time of retirement, as older adults already need to restructure their daily activities. It is key to change lifestyle behavior in a sustainable manner, providing scientifically proven, personalized, and acceptable principles that can be integrated in daily life. Health technologies (e.g., applications) can provide promising tools to deliver personalized and appealing lifestyle interventions to a large group of people while keeping health care costs low. Several studies show that health technologies have a strong positive effect on physical activity, exercise and dietary intake. Specifically, health technology is increasingly applied to older people, although strong evidence for long term effects in changing lifestyle behavior is generally lacking. Concluding, technology could play an important role in the highly warranted prevention of sarcopenic obesity in older adults. Although health technology seems to be a promising tool to stimulate changes in physical activity, exercise and dietary intake, studies on long lasting effects and specifically targeted on older people around the time of retirement are warranted.
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