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Obesity as a premature aging phenotype - implications for sarcopenic obesity.
GeroScience - 1 Jun 2022
Nunan Emily, Wright Carson L, Semola Oluwayemisi A, Subramanian Madhan, Balasubramanian Priya, Lovern Pamela C, Fancher Ibra S, Butcher Joshua T
Abstract excerpt
Obesity and aging have both seen dramatic increases in prevalence throughout society. This review seeks to highlight common pathologies that present with obesity, along with the underlying risk factors, that have remarkable similarity to what is observed in the aged. These include skeletal muscle dysfunction (loss of quantity and quality), significant increases in adiposity, systemic alterations to autonomic...
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