Adiposity

Associations of Body Composition and Physical Function With Incident Diabetes in Older Adults: A 14-Year Prospective Cohort Study.

BACKGROUND

Longitudinal associations between age-related changes in body composition, physical performance and incident diabetes mellitus (DM) in older adults and the mediating role of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) remain understudied.

METHODS

This prospective cohort study included 4000 community-dwelling older adults at baseline. Longitudinal...

🗓️ 2026-04-20
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreAssociations of Body Composition and Physical Function With Incident Diabetes in Older Adults: A 14-Year Prospective Cohort Study.

Accelerometer-Determined Physical Activity and Sarcopenic Obesity Risk in Older European Men and Women.

BACKGROUND

Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is characterized by the presence of both obesity and sarcopenia and is related to disability and loss of independence in older adults. The extent to which time spent in light physical activity (LPA), or moderate-to-vigorous physical activity...

🗓️ 2025-12-05
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreAccelerometer-Determined Physical Activity and Sarcopenic Obesity Risk in Older European Men and Women.

Association of Android and Gynoid Fatness With Incident Dementia and Brain Structure.

BACKGROUND

The relationship between regional adiposity and dementia remains poorly understood.

METHODS

This study included 440 861 UK Biobank participants initially free of dementia, stroke and cancer. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of dementia across quartiles of waist circumference (WC) or...

🗓️ 2025-10-01
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreAssociation of Android and Gynoid Fatness With Incident Dementia and Brain Structure.

Beyond Body Mass Index: The Impact of Height and Height-Normalised Weight on Overall Survival of Lung Cancer Undergoing Surgery.

Unlike most malignancies, increased adiposity, as expressed by a higher body mass index (BMI), is associated with improved prognosis after lung cancer surgery at the population level. Height, one of the determinants of BMI, is associated with better survival, independent...

🗓️ 2025-08-01
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreBeyond Body Mass Index: The Impact of Height and Height-Normalised Weight on Overall Survival of Lung Cancer Undergoing Surgery.

Sarcopenia, Muscle Mass and Protein Intake in Adults Older Than 65 Years After Earlier Bariatric Surgery.

Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is a proven treatment for obesity. Yet weight loss is accompanied by loss of muscle which may predispose to sarcopenia. The prevalence of low muscle mass in older adults after MBS remains unexplored, even though...

🗓️ 2025-06-01
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreSarcopenia, Muscle Mass and Protein Intake in Adults Older Than 65 Years After Earlier Bariatric Surgery.

Fat-Free Mass: Friend or Foe to Metabolic Health?

Fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) are body composition estimates commonly reported in research studies and clinical settings. Recently, fat-free mass indexed to height (fat-free mass index; FFMI) has been shown to be positively associated with impaired insulin sensitivity...

🗓️ 2025-02-01
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreFat-Free Mass: Friend or Foe to Metabolic Health?

Body composition alterations in patients with lung cancer.

Most patients with lung cancer experience cancer cachexia (CC), a syndrome of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue wasting. Knowledge of body composition changes in patients is limited, however, because most studies have been cross-sectional, comparing patients with non-cancer controls or...

🗓️ 2025-01-31
📰 Publication: American Journal Of Physiology-Cell Physiology
Read MoreBody composition alterations in patients with lung cancer.

SARC-Calf using calf circumference adjusted for BMI predicts six-months readmission and mortality in hospitalized patients: a secondary analysis of a cohort study.

Sarcopenia is a prevalent condition associated with worse clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients. The SARC-Calf is an accurate instrument for its screening; however, it includes the calf circumference (CC) measure as a criterion, which is influenced by adiposity. An adjustment...

🗓️ 2024-10-18
📰 Publication: American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition
Read MoreSARC-Calf using calf circumference adjusted for BMI predicts six-months readmission and mortality in hospitalized patients: a secondary analysis of a cohort study.

Difference in Body Composition Patterns between Age Groups in Italian Individuals with Overweight and Obesity: When BMI Becomes a Misleading Tool in Nutritional Settings.

Little is known about the changes in body composition (BC) in people with overweight or obesity. The aim of this study was to assess the differences in BC patterns in this population based on gender and age. A total of...

🗓️ 2024-07-25
Read MoreDifference in Body Composition Patterns between Age Groups in Italian Individuals with Overweight and Obesity: When BMI Becomes a Misleading Tool in Nutritional Settings.

Circulating adipose-tissue miRNAs in gastrointestinal cancer patients and their association with the level and type of adiposity at body composition analysis.

Adipose tissue (AT) wasting in cancer is an early catabolic event with negative impact on outcomes. Circulating miRNAs may promote body weight loss and cachexia. We measured circulating miRNAs linked to AT alterations and compared their levels between i) gastrointestinal...

🗓️ 2024-07-30
Read MoreCirculating adipose-tissue miRNAs in gastrointestinal cancer patients and their association with the level and type of adiposity at body composition analysis.

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