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2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Risk factors associated with sarcopenia among Japanese healthy older adults

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 15K01733
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Applied health science
Research InstitutionNagoya University of Arts and Sciences

Principal Investigator

OKADA KIWAKO  名古屋学芸大学, 管理栄養学部, 教授 (00351213)

Research Collaborator KUZUYA Masafumi  
SATAKE Syosuke  
MATSUSHITA Eiji  
ITO Yui  
HASEGAEA Chisa  
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Keywordsサルコペニア / フレイル / 栄養 / 口腔機能
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examined what is the most significant risk factors for sarcopenia, frailty and oral frailty. Nutritional status examined by Mini nutritional assessment was associated with pre-sarcopenia in Japanese healthy order adults. Maintaining oral health and oral function are important for older adults. Because decreased oral function was induced nutritional imbalance by narrowed food selection. We suggest that intervention in eating habit is lead to early detection of malnutrition, and to prevention of malnutrition.
Our results suggest that mental health was associated with frailty in Japanese healthy older adults. Mental health as a risk factor for physical frailty in healthy elderly. Prevention of decreasing mental frailty at an earlier stage is essential for healthy aging.

Free Research Field

高齢者栄養

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Published: 2019-03-29  

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