Sarcopenia, the age associated loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, has considerable
societal consequences for the development of frailty, disability and health care planning. A …

Aprogressive decline in muscles and a parallel in-crease in adipose tissue are generally
considered unavoidable consequences of the aging process. Changes in body composition …

The prevalence of obesity is high in older persons and recent trends show a rapid increase
in this prevalence. Results from observational and intervention studies (ie weight loss …

The purpose of this review is to provide health practitioners and physicians the most current
state of the research on sarcopenia, its consequences, and to offer a summary of consensus …

Aim: To evaluate the association between loss of fat‐free mass and mortality among older
people. Methods: Information of healthy Chilean older people evaluated by dual energy X …

Twenty years ago, the term 'sarcopenia'has been introduced to describe the ageing related
loss of skeletal muscle mass. Since then, sarcopenia has been intensively studied and …

Summary Background The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Sarcopenia
Project validated cutpoints for appendicular lean mass (ALM) to identify individuals at risk for …

The loss of skeletal muscle mass with aging (sarcopenia), and related changes in body size
and composition, may impact body temperature and thermoregulation in both hot and cold …

The two greatest epidemiological trends of our times are the aging of the population and the
obesity epidemic (1). Each of these trends has important effects on body composition …

Aging is associated with changes in body composition and energy and protein metabolism
that are due both to the direct effects of aging and to the effect of age-related diseases. We …