Miji Kim

TL;DR: The Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019 introduces "possible sarcopenia," defined by either low muscle strength or low physical performance only, specifically for use in primary health care or community-based health promotion, to enable earlier lifestyle interventions.

TL;DR: The purpose of the present study was to examine the agreement of segmental multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (SMF‐BIA) for the assessment of whole‐body and appendicular fat mass (FM) and lean soft tissue mass (LSTM) in a community‐dwelling Japanese older population.

TL;DR: This study suggests that interventions including exercise and nutrition can improve frailty status, and Statistically significant additive effects of MFGM with exercise could not be confirmed in this population, and further investigation in larger samples is necessary.

TL;DR: Using commonly used cut‐off points to define sarcopenia, including solely muscle mass and combined definitions, on a community‐dwelling elderly Japanese population, the prevalence of sarc Openia ranged from 2.5 to 28.5% in men and 2.3 to 11.7% in women, with muscle mass measured by dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry, and 7.1–98.0% measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis.

TL;DR: Although exercise and nutrition have beneficial effects on individual variables of body composition, blood components, and physical function, improvements in muscle mass and variable combinations such as percent fat + skeletal muscle mass index or percent fat-+-physical functions were not observed in this population of elderly Japanese women with sarcopenic obesity.