Addressing Obesity in Aging Patients
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...Commentary Obesity, especially severe obesity (BMI 35 kg/m2), increases metabolic and cardiovascular risk as well as the risk of mobility limitations and frailty in older persons [248,255,256], particularly when marked muscle loss has already occurred [273]....
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...4% in women over the age of 60 years [114], high BMI and/or central adiposity present a significant risk for CVD in the aging population; the data are also reflective of the higher prevalence of obesity in women than in men....
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...Certainly excess adiposity is a risk factor for a great number of pathologies, however, it could be that a certain degree of adiposity may be required for longevity (Batsis and Zagaria, 2018), and in this perspective it may make sense to find better functional parameters associated with adiposity in elderly people....
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...Advancing age leads to functional impairments such as an inability to transfer, walk, or dress [2]....
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