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pubmed:abstractText |
Older adults are less able to conserve lean mass relative to fat mass with weight change. A cycle of weight loss and regain in an older individual could accelerate sarcopenia. We examined whether older adults experiencing weight loss and regain would show a greater loss of lean mass during a weight-loss period than gain in lean mass during the weight-regain period, thus have overall a greater net loss of lean mass compared with those who maintained weight in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Georgia, 129 Barrow Hall, Athens, GA 30602, USA. leejs@fcs.uga.edu
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Multicenter Study,
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural,
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
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