Studies how obesity affects physical ability in older adults
Compares physical fitness and daily activities in older adults with obesity to normal-weight peers.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano
- Where
- Oggebbio, ItalySee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Effects of Obesity on Physical Abilities and Daily Living Activities in Elderly Adults
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 160 people, planned
- Started
- 29 May 2025
- Expected to end
- 31 Dec 2026
- Type of study
- Observational, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- Fitness tests and questionnaires
- Record updated
- 6 November 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for two groups of older adults: people with obesity who are in a 3-week rehabilitation program, and normal-weight people in a healthy lifestyle program. It compares their physical abilities and daily activities.
- Age
- Over 65 years
- Sex
- Men and women
- Disease stage
- Obese group: Body Mass Index above 35 kg/m2. Normal-weight group: Body Mass Index 20-25 kg/m2.
- Earlier treatment
- Obese group: in hospital for a 3-week integrated metabolic rehabilitation program. Normal-weight group: attends a healthy lifestyle program in their home town.
Main reasons for not taking part
- No signed informed consent
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- 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
Who cannot take part
- Absence of signed informed consent; Normal weight elderly:
- Absence of signed informed consent
Other criteria
- Obese elderly:
Where in Italy
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Site PiancavalloOggebbio, ItalyContact: Alessandro Sartorio, MDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
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.
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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.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Obese elderly
Obese men and women of 65 years and older
Treatment: Fitness tests and questionnaires
- Normal weight elderly
Normal weight men and women of 65 years and older
Treatment: Fitness tests and questionnaires
Questions to ask the study team
- 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?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effects of Obesity on Physical Abilities and Daily Living Activities in Elderly Adults
- Plain-language title
- Studies how obesity affects physical ability in older adultsGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 13 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 6 November 2026