Nutrition and Lifestyle Interventions for Frailty and Sarcopenia
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Geriatric Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 January 2025) | Viewed by 30067
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Although considered distinct clinical syndromes, frailty and sarcopenia share common manifestations, such as slowness and weakness, frequently co-occur, and predispose the patient to a loss of functional independence, premature mortality and decline in quality of life. Malnutrition features among the common contributors to both key conditions. Despite their complex and multi-factorial underpinnings, there is consistent evidence that both frailty and sarcopenia are potentially preventable and reversible. However, the mechanisms by which multi-domain interventions impact on sarcopenia and/or frailty remain incompletely understood. Taking into account the World Health Organization (WHO)-proposed model of healthy ageing, it is also timely to explore how addressing sarcopenia and frailty may support the functional ability necessary to enable well-being in older age.
This Special Issue aims to compile research into the impact of lifestyle interventions on frailty and sarcopenia, work which is increasingly pertinent as we strive to support a globally ageing population.
Dr. Laura Bg Tay
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- frailty
- sarcopenia
- nutrition
- multidomain
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