Addressing Obesity in Aging Patients
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The insufficient evidence related to pharmacotherapy as well as providing an overview of using physiologic rather than chronologic age for identifying suitable candidates for bariatric surgery are discussed.About:
This article is published in Medical Clinics of North America.The article was published on 2018-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 108 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Quality of life (healthcare).read more
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Equipment-free, unsupervised high intensity interval training elicits significant improvements in the physiological resilience of older adults
Tanvir S. Sian,Thomas B. Inns,Amanda Gates,Brett Doleman,Joseph J. Bass,Philip J. Atherton,Jonathan N. Lund,Bethan E. Phillips +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors showed that short-term, time-efficient, equipment-free, HIIT is able to elicit improvements in the reduced cardiorespiratory fitness of older adults irrespective of supervision status.
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Regional and Geographical Disparities in Body Mass Index (BMI) Among Chinese Older Adults: The Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey:
TL;DR: Results showed that both older males and older females who resided in the central-south had lower rates of weight change from nonobese to obese, compared with those from the east and there were no disparities between urban and rural areas among older males.
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A Retrospective Study of 6-Month Reduction in Risk of Developing Cardiovascular Diseases and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Severely Obese Patients Over 60 Years of Age Following Bariatric Surgery.
Justyna Domienik-Karłowicz,Paweł Ziemiański,Piotr Małkowski,Maciej Kosieradzki,Piotr Pruszczyk,Wojciech Lisik +5 more
TL;DR: The study showed a significant reduction in risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes, as measured by available risk scores, in elderly patients undergoing bariatric procedures.
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Visceral Fat Obesity Correlates with Frailty in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated the correlation between visceral fat obesity and frailty in middle-aged and older adults, and calculated the correlations between the frailty phenotype score, eVFA/TF, and other factors.
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Dietary Quality and Perceived Barriers to Weight Loss among Older Overweight Veterans with Dysmobility
Elizabeth A. Parker,William Joseph Perez,Brian Phipps,Alice S. Ryan,Steven J. Prior,Leslie I. Katzel,Monica C. Serra,Odessa Addison +7 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors examined the dietary quality and self-reported weight loss barriers among older (>60 years), overweight (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) Veterans with dysmobility (low gait speed, impaired mobility diagnosis, or a comorbidity that results in impaired mobility).
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