Studies how obesity affects physical ability in older adults
Compares physical fitness and daily activities in older adults with obesity to normal-weight peers.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Effects of Obesity on Physical Abilities and Daily Living Activities in Elderly Adults
Key facts
- Where
- Oggebbio, ItalySee the site
Where in Italy
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Site PiancavalloOggebbio, ItalyTaking people
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- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano
- Trial code
- NCT07614464
- Record updated
- 6 November 2026
- Original description
Obesity is a significant health problem whose prevalence has tripled worldwide in the last fifty years, also involving older people. Older people present sarcopenia, characterized by the progressive loss of muscle mass and strength. Sarcopenia, accompanied by an increase in adipose tissue, causes a specific condition called sarcopenic obesity. The increase in adipose tissue and the decrease in muscle mass determines a reduction in strength and physical abilities necessary to perform everyday activities of daily living in obese older people.Read full original descriptionShow less
Effects of Obesity on Physical Abilities and Daily Living Activities in Elderly Adults
Obesity is a significant health problem whose prevalence has tripled worldwide in the last fifty years, also involving older people. Older people present sarcopenia, characterized by the progressive loss of muscle mass and strength. Sarcopenia, accompanied by an increase in adipose tissue, causes a specific condition called sarcopenic obesity. The increase in adipose tissue and the decrease in muscle mass determines a reduction in strength and physical abilities necessary to perform everyday activities of daily living in obese older people.
To understand how the condition of excess adipose tissue influences the activities of daily living of older people with obesity, it is necessary to compare the physical abilities, body composition, and results of various motor skills with normal-weight subjects, corrected for sex and age.
Inclusion: Both sexes; Body Mass Index > 35 kg/m2; Age > 65 years; Hospitalized for a 3-week integrated metabolic rehabilitation program; Both sexes; Body Mass Index 20-25 kg/m2; Age > 65 years; Attendance of healthy lifestyle program in their home town.
Exclusion: Absence of signed informed consent; Normal weight elderly:; Absence of signed informed consent.
Obese elderly:.