ReviewNutrients2022
The Ketogenic Diet: Is It an Answer for Sarcopenic Obesity?
Review in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05841173 (Effects of Weight Loss Management on Cognitive Function in Elderly Obese Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Effects of Weight Loss Management on Cognitive Function in Elderly Obese Women
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nutritional Approach to Diabetic Sarcopenia: A Comprehensive Review.Current nutrition reports · 2025Review
- Ketogenic Diet Intervention for Obesity Weight-Loss- A Narrative Review, Challenges, and Open Questions.Current nutrition reports · 2025Review
- Comprehensive profiling of chemokine and NETosis-associated genes in sarcopenia: construction of a machine learning-based diagnostic nomogram.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- The Cardioprotective Effects of Nutritional Ketosis: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Non-Pharmacological Approach to Diet and Exercise in Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease: Bridging the Gap between Research and Clinical Practice.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- What Does Sarcopenia Have to Do with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease?Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Editorial for "The Role of Ketogenic Diet in Human Health and Diseases": The Multifaceted Impact of Ketogenic Diets on Health and Disease.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Association between Body Composition Contents and Hepatic Fibrosis in Sarcopenic Obesity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Investigating the Link between Ketogenic Diet, NAFLD, Mitochondria, and Oxidative Stress: A Narrative Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Impact of a Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD) on Changes in Handgrip Strength in Women with Obesity.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Very low calorie ketogenic diet combined with physical interval training for preserving muscle mass during weight loss in sarcopenic obesity: A pilot study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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15 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
This review aims to define the effectiveness of the ketogenic diet (KD) for the management of sarcopenic obesity. As the combination of sarcopenia and obesity appears to have multiple negative metabolic effects, this narrative review discusses the effects of the ketogenic diet as a possible synergic intervention to decrease visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and fatty infiltration of the liver as well as modulate and improve the gut microbiota, inflammation and body composition. The results of this review support the evidence that the KD improves metabolic health and expands adipose tissue γδ T cells that are important for glycaemia control during obesity. The KD is also a therapeutic option for individuals with sarcopenic obesity due to its positive effect on VAT, adipose tissue, cytokines such as blood biochemistry, gut microbiota, and body composition. However, the long-term effect of a KD on these outcomes requires further investigations before general recommendations can be made.
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