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ArticleJournal of nutrition in gerontology and geriatrics

Changes in Weight or Body Composition by Frailty Status: A Pilot Study.

Hillary B Spangler, David H Lynch, Danae C Gross, Summer B Cook, John A Batsis

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Article in Journal of nutrition in gerontology and geriatrics. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Sarcopenic obesity and weight loss-induced muscle mass loss.Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hillary B SpanglerDivision of Geriatric Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
David H LynchDivision of Geriatric Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Danae C GrossDepartment of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Summer B CookSchool of Kinesiology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA.
John A BatsisDivision of Geriatric Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0845-4416

Funding

Re-Entry Supplement: Investigation of Oral Microbial Enzymes for the Detection and Treatment of Periodontal DiseaseUL1TR002489 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BUSE, JOHN BERNARD, SHAHEEN, NICHOLAS J · 2018 to 2022
$48.6M
North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS)UM1TR004406 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI NICHOLAS J SHAHEEN · 2023 to 2026
$37.5M
Mobile Health Obesity Wellness Intervention in Rural Older Adults_Res1K23AG051681 · NIA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BATSIS, JOHN A. · 2016 to 2022
$1.1M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002489NCATS NIH HHS UM1 TR004406NIA NIH HHS K23 AG051681
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Weight loss may benefit older adults with obesity. However, it is unknown whether individuals with different frailty phenotypes have different outcomes following weight loss. Community-dwelling adults aged ≥65 (

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Body CompositionBody Mass IndexFrail ElderlyFrailtyGeriatric AssessmentWeight LossAgedAged, 80 and overBody WeightFemaleHumansIndependent LivingMaleObesityPilot ProjectsFrailtyobesitytechnologyweight loss

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PMID38470401
PMCPMC11213668

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