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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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Cardiovascular Risks Associated with Gender and Aging.

TL;DR: Current findings regarding the impacts of age and gender on heart disease are discussed and hormone replacement therapies are largely shown to not improve outcomes in older patients and may also increase the risks of cardiac events in older adults.
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Anthocyanins, Microbiome and Health Benefits in Aging.

TL;DR: A review of existing literature on the role of anthocyanins and the gut microbiome on health and their potential as a natural therapeutic agent or a target organ to provide an alternative to the conventional methods of disease prevention and treatment is presented in this paper.
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Developmental trajectories of executive functions across the lifespan

TL;DR: A brief overview of current views of executive function and their development over the lifespan is given in this paper. But, the authors do not discuss the role of the prefrontal cortex in the development of the executive function.
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Intentional Weight Loss and All-Cause Mortality: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

TL;DR: In obese adults, intentional weight loss may be associated with approximately a 15% reduction in all-cause mortality.
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Sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity, and functional impairments in older adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 1999-2004.

TL;DR: A uniform definition is needed to identify and characterize these high-risk populations of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity, as well as the association of physical limitations, basic and instrumental activities of daily living and sarc Openia status.
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Health behavior change following chronic illness in middle and later life

TL;DR: Results provide important new information on health behavior changes among those with chronic disease and suggest that intensive efforts are required to help initiate and maintain lifestyle improvements among this population.
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