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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.
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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).

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Pharmacotherapy of obesity: an update on the available medications and drugs under investigation

TL;DR: Several anti-obesity medications have been proposed, such as Metreleptin, Setmelanotide and Tirzepatide as mentioned in this paper , which act centrally to reduce appetite and increase satiety, and secondarily in the gastrointestinal tract to slow gastric emptying.
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Effects of 12 Weeks of Combined Exercise on Heart Rate Variability and Dynamic Pulmonary Function in Obese and Elderly Korean Women

TL;DR: Lee et al. as discussed by the authors investigated whether a combination of aerobic and resistance exercise administered over a period of 12 weeks enhanced heart rate variability (HRV) and dynamic pulmonary function (DPF) in obese and elderly Korean women.
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Wandering Dementia—A Syndrome with Forensic Implications

TL;DR: Nine individuals with dementia who were found deceased having been reported as missing from home/residential facilities and established clinical diagnoses were of dementia in seven cases and Alzheimer disease in two.
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Body composition associations with muscle strength in older adults living in Auckland, New Zealand.

TL;DR: The objective is to investigate associations between body composition and muscle strength in older people and to establish a smoking cessation strategy for older people with a history of chronic disease.
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Studies of illness in the aged. the index of adl: a standardized measure of biological and psychosocial function.

TL;DR: The Index of ADL as discussed by the authors was developed to study results of treatment and prognosis in the elderly and chronically ill. Grades of the Index summarize over-all performance in bathing, dressing, going to toilet, transferring, continence, and feeding.
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Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory, Musculoskeletal, and Neuromotor Fitness in Apparently Healthy Adults: Guidance for Prescribing Exercise

TL;DR: The recommended quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining Cardiorespiratory and Muscular Fitness, and Flexibility in healthy adults is discussed in the position stand of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Position Stand.
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Epidemiology of Sarcopenia among the Elderly in New Mexico

TL;DR: Some of the first estimates of the extent of the public health problem posed by sarcopenia are provided, independent of ethnicity, age, morbidity, obesity, income, and health behaviors.
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