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ReviewNutrients2025

An Overview of Sarcopenia: Focusing on Nutritional Treatment Approaches.

Michele Barone, Palmina Baccaro, Alessio Molfino

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Review in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 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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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

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Michele BaroneGastroenterology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine, University of Bari, Policlinic University Hospital, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8284-5127
Palmina BaccaroGastroenterology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine, University of Bari, Policlinic University Hospital, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Alessio MolfinoDepartment of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6432-0236

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcopenia is a syndrome characterized by the progressive and generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength. This condition is associated with physical disability, decreased quality of life, and increased mortality. Therefore, reducing the prevalence of sarcopenia could significantly lower healthcare costs. Sarcopenia can be classified into primary and secondary sarcopenia. The former is related to aging and begins after the fourth decade of life; after that, there is a muscle loss of around 8% per decade until age 70 years, which subsequently increases to 15% per decade. On the other hand, secondary sarcopenia can affect all individuals and may result from various factors including physical inactivity, malnutrition, endocrine disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammation, and cachexia. Understanding the multiple mechanisms involved in the onset and progression of sarcopenia allows for us to develop strategies that can prevent, treat, or at least mitigate muscle loss caused by increased protein breakdown. One potential treatment of sarcopenia is based on nutritional interventions, including adequate caloric and protein intake and specific nutrients that support muscle health. Such nutrients include natural food rich in whey protein and omega-3 fatty acids as well as nutritional supplements like branched-chain amino acids, β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate, and vitamin D along with food for special medical purposes. It is important to emphasize that physical exercises, especially resistance training, not only promote muscle protein synthesis on their own but also work synergistically with nutritional strategies to enhance their effectiveness.

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Nutrition TherapySarcopeniaAgedAgingDietary ProteinsDietary SupplementsHumansMuscle, SkeletalDietary Proteinsbranched-chain amino acidsmuscle massmuscle strengthnutrientsomega-3 fatty acidsvitamin Dwhey proteinsβ-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate

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PMID40218995
PMCPMC11990658

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