ReviewEating and weight disorders : EWD2021
Obesity paradox and aging.
Review in Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05841173 (Effects of Weight Loss Management on Cognitive Function in Elderly Obese Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 101 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effects of Weight Loss Management on Cognitive Function in Elderly Obese Women
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101 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 177 citations in OpenAlex.
- Abdominal Visceral Adipose Tissue and All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of liraglutide on cardiometabolic profile and on bioelectrical impedance analysis in patients with obesity and metabolic syndrome.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Nutritional Status and Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults: Clinical Perspectives from Mechanisms to Management.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Nonlinear association of triglyceride-glucose body mass index with all-cause mortality in postmenopausal women, a retrospective cohort study: Evidence from the 2001 to 2014 National Health and nutrition examination survey.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Article
- Demographic and Clinical Correlates of Body Mass Index in Older Age Bipolar Disorder: Results from the GAGE-BD Project.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Sarcopenia, Obesity, and Sarcopenic Obesity in Relation to Functional Limitations in Older Adults.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- The creatinine-to-body weight ratio predicts mortality in critically ill patients with heart failure: a retrospective cohort study of the MIMIC-IV database.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- Disproportionate increase of extreme obesity among older adults: an exploratory analysis from the English longitudinal study of ageing.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Article
- Age at menarche and general and abdominal obesity in older Brazilian women: ELSI-Brazil.Revista de saude publica · 2026Article
- The 'obesity paradox' in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation. A specialized narrative review.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2026Review
- Body roundness index and mortality risk in chronic diseases: a national prospective longitudinal study in China.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Novel Anthropometric Indices and Probability of Adequate Nutrient Intake in the Older Polish Population.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Prevalence and determinants of general and abdominal obesity and overweight among older Iranian adults using 2016 and 2021 STEPS surveys.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sarcopenic Obesity and Sarcopenic Visceral Obesity, Calculated Using the Skeletal Muscle İndex and Visceral Fat İndex at the L3 Vertebra Level, Do Not Predict Survival Rates in Endometrial Cancer Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The association between retinal artery to vein ratio and fat distribution: a population-based cross-sectional study.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Dynapenic abdominal obesity and the risk of cardiovascular diseases: findings from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Body Mass Index vs Body Fat Percentage as a Predictor of Mortality in Adults Aged 20-49 Years.Annals of family medicine · 2025Article
- Management Strategies for Dry Eye Syndrome in Patients with Obesity-A Literature Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Effects of Lipid Metabolites and Cross Organ Lipid Metabolism Regulation on Bone Homeostasis.Aging and disease · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundIn association with the rapid lengthening of life expectancy and the ever-rising prevalence of obesity, many studies explored in the elderly the phenomenon usually defined as the obesity paradox. OBJECTIVE AND
methodsThis article is a narrative overview of seventy-two papers (1999-2019) that investigated the obesity paradox during the aging process. Twenty-nine documents are examined more in detail.
resultsThe majority of studies suggesting the existence of an obesity paradox have evaluated just BMI as an index of obesity. Some aspects are often not assessed or are underestimated, in particular body composition and visceral adiposity, sarcopenic obesity, and cardio fitness. Many studies support that central fat and relative loss of fat-free mass may become relatively more important than BMI in determining the health risk associated with obesity in older ages.
conclusionInaccurate assessments may lead to a systematic underestimation of the impact of obesity on morbidity and premature mortality and, consequently, to clinical behaviors that are not respectful of the health of elderly patients. Knowledge of the changes in body composition and fat distribution will help to better understand the relationship between obesity, morbidity, and mortality in the elderly. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, narrative overview.
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