Evidence mapPaperPMID 38924367Full record

ReviewClinical obesity2024

Medical weight loss in older persons with obesity.

Alessandro Gavras, John A Batsis

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Review in Clinical obesity, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. 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

2 authors.

Alessandro GavrasDivision of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3195-0834
John A BatsisDivision of Geriatric Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0845-4416

Funding

UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CLINICAL NUTRITION RESEARCH UNITP30DK056350 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Elizabeth J Mayer-Davis · 1999 to 2026
$31.6M
Optimizing Telehealth-delivery of a Weight Loss Intervention in Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized TrialR01AG077163 · NIA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI John A. Batsis · 2023 to 2026
$2.9M
NIA/NIH R01-077163-01NIA NIH HHS R01 AG077163NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056350UNC Nutrition Obesity Research Center P30-DK056350
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of individuals with obesity or overweight has steadily increased over the past decades both worldwide, and in the United States. This trend is also evident in the older adult population, which has experienced a continuous rise in the number of individuals with overweight or obesity. This is relevant due to the impact of obesity in older adults' quality of life, physical function, morbidity, and healthcare costs. This review aims to provide practical guidance and currently available approaches for healthcare professionals in managing this population. Both non-pharmacological methods such as intensive behavioural therapy, nutritional interventions, and physical activity, as well as anti-obesity medications, are discussed, with a focus on their potential positive and negative effects in older adults. Additionally, bariatric therapy is evaluated, including current procedures available and the associated results and risks in the older population.

Indexed as

ObesityWeight LossAgedAnti-Obesity AgentsBariatric SurgeryBehavior TherapyExerciseHumansQuality of LifeAnti-Obesity Agentsinterventionobesityobesity managementolder adultweight loss

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PMID38924367
PMCPMC11570349

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