Aging and sarcopenic obesity: an update

Falcón-Guerrero B.E.; Falcón-Guerrero R.W. · Revista Medica Electronica (2024)

Resumen

The combination of obesity and sarcopenia as a multidimensional syndrome will increase if it is considered that aging is inevitable and that obesity is unlikely to decrease significantly in the near future. Adults over 65 years of age are increasing worldwide and will represent 20% of the population in 2030; half of them will suffer from obesity. Sarcopenic obesity is strongly associated with frailty, cardiometabolic dysfunction, physical disability, and mortality. Therefore, increasing efforts have been made to identify effective strategies capable of promoting healthy aging and curbing the obesity pandemic. Among them, lifestyle interventions consisting of diet and exercise protocols have been widely explored. A review of the last five years is presented in the current study, performed in PubMed, Cochrane and Crossref databases.