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2. Frailty syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Frailty can have various symptoms including muscle weakness (reduced grip strength), slower walking speed, exhaustion, unintentional weight loss, and frequent falls. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Older people with certain medical conditions such as diabetes , heart disease and dementia , are also more likely to have frailty.

3. Weight loss for older adults may be life-threatening

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   The study analyzed the weight of roughly 20,000 older adults 65 years of age or older in both Australia (around 17,000 adults) and the United States (more than 2,000).

4. New weight loss drugs carry high price tags and lots of ... - AOL

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   Explore the weighty world of senior health — unlocking the mysteries of diabetes drugs, Medicare challenges, and the quest for vitality in aging adults! New weight loss drugs carry high price ...

5. Are Diabetes Drugs Really Safe (& Reliable) for Weight Loss?

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   GLP-1 drugs for weight loss and type 2 diabetes include dulaglutide, liraglutide, and semaglutide. GIP/GLP-1s. These are dual-acting, meaning they target two receptors in the body: gastric ...

6. Weight loss - Wikipedia

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   Intentional weight loss is the loss of total body mass as a result of efforts to improve fitness and health, or to change appearance through slimming. Weight loss is the main treatment for obesity, [1] [2] [3] and there is substantial evidence this can prevent progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes with a 7–10% weight loss and manage cardiometabolic health for diabetic people with a ...

7. Geriatrics - Wikipedia

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   Unintentional weight loss can result from pathologic factors, including a wide range of chronic diseases that affect cognitive function, directly impact digestion (e.g. poor dentition, gastrointestinal cancers, gastroesophageal reflux disease) or may be managed with dietary restrictions (e.g. congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus ...

8. Obesity paradox - Wikipedia

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   Indeed, unintentional weight loss is an extremely significant predictor of mortality. [33] Terminally ill individuals often undergo weight loss before death, and classifying those individuals as lean greatly inflates the mortality rate in the normal and underweight categories of BMI, while lowering the risk in the higher BMI categories.

9. Lilly weight loss drug prevents diabetes, company says - AOL

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   "It's a weight loss drug, but it's probably more than that," he said, citing heart disease and diabetes, for which the drugs are already approved, and potentially neurodegenerative diseases like ...