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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ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition and hydration in geriatrics
Dorothee Volkert,Anne Marie Beck,Tommy Cederholm,Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft,S. Goisser,Lee Hooper,Eva Kiesswetter,Marcello Maggio,Agathe Raynaud-Simon,Cornel C. Sieber,Lubos Sobotka,Dieneke van Asselt,Rainer Wirth,Stephan C. Bischoff +13 more
TL;DR: A range of effective interventions is available to support adequate nutrition and hydration in older persons in order to maintain or improve nutritional status and improve clinical course and quality of life.
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Cardiovascular Risks Associated with Gender and Aging.
Jennifer L. Rodgers,Jarrod Jones,Samuel Ignatious Bolleddu,Sahit Vanthenapalli,Lydia E. Rodgers,Kinjal Shah,Krishna Karia,Siva K. Panguluri +7 more
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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A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Body Composition Among Healthy Elderly From the European NU-AGE Study: Sex and Country Specific Features
Aurelia Santoro,Alberto Bazzocchi,Giulia Guidarelli,Rita Ostan,Enrico Giampieri,Daniele Mercatelli,Maria Scurti,Agnes A M Berendsen,Olga Surała,Amy Jennings,Nathalie Meunier,Elodie Caumon,Rachel Gillings,Fawzi Kadi,Frédéric Capel,Kevin D. Cashman,Barbara Pietruszka,Edith J. M. Feskens,Lisette C. P. G. M. de Groot,Giuseppe Battista,Stefano Salvioli,Claudio Franceschi +21 more
TL;DR: This analysis is to provide a complete profile of BC in healthy elderly participants from five European countries and to investigate country- and sex-related differences by state-of-the-art DXA technology, which showed sex-specific significant differences in certain BC parameters.
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Effects of Moderate Combined Resistance- and Aerobic-Exercise for 12 Weeks on Body Composition, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, Blood Pressure, Arterial Stiffness, and Physical Functions, among Obese Older Men: A Pilot Study.
TL;DR: It is indicated that 12-week regular combined exercise improves body composition, cardiometabolic risk factors, hemodynamics, and physical performance in obese older men.
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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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