Conditions and comorbidities of obesity mirror those of ageing and age‐related diseases.
Obesity and ageing share a similar spectrum of phenotypes such as compromised genomic …

Obesity has become a major public health problem. Given the current increase in life
expectancy, the prevalence of obesity also raises steadily among older age groups. The …

Lines of evidence from several studies have shown that increases in life expectancy are now
accompanied by increased disability rate. The expanded lifespan of the aging population …

The epidemic of obesity is a major challenge for health policymakers due to its far-reaching
effects on population health and potentially overwhelming financial burden on healthcare …

Little is known about the effects of obesity late in life. Using data from the Longitudinal Study
of Aging and the Assets and Health Dynamics of the Oldest Old Survey, this study finds an …

Background In association with the rapid lengthening of life expectancy and the ever-rising
prevalence of obesity, many studies explored in the elderly the phenomenon usually defined …

The prevalence of obesity has dramatically increased worldwide over the past decades.
Aging-related chronic conditions, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, are …

Although obesity in young people is a risk factor for morbidity and mortality, the effect of
obesity in the elderly is much more complex. For example, the body weight associated with …

Obesity is a growing public health problem and a well-established risk factor for chronic
disease, including cardiovascular and metabolic disease, cognitive impairment, and …

Obesity is increasing in middle‐aged adults and in elderly subjects (over 65 years), owing to
the concurrence of different factors: inactivity, wrong nutritional habits, and basal metabolism …