Addressing Obesity in Aging Patients

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• Alternative Title:
  Med Clin North Am
• Personal Author:
  Batsis, John A. ; Zagaria, Alexandra B.
• Description:
  Obesity in older adults affects not only morbidity and mortality but, importantly, quality of life and the risk of institutionalization. Weight loss interventions can effectively lead to improved physical function. Diet-alone interventions can detrimentally affect muscle and bone physiology and, without interventions to affect these elements, can lead to adverse outcomes. Understanding social and nutritional issues facing older adults is of utmost importance to primary care providers. This article will also discuss 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.
• Subjects:
  Aged Aging Body Composition Gastric Bypass Geriatric Assessment Health Education Health Services For The Aged Health Status Humans Obesity Risk Assessment Weight Loss

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• Keywords:
  Bariatric Surgery Obesity Older Adult Pharmacotherapy Physical Function Review Weight Loss
• Source:
  Med Clin North Am. 102(1):65-85
• Pubmed ID:
  29156188
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5724972
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K23 AG051681/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP005018/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP005018/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  102
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cc6b88d9d3fe8b82099d069748c76d5c222aea982ec1b74f54dcb10e7a0abe16
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50518/cdc_50518_DS1.pdf
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