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Protein intake and exercise for optimal muscle function with aging: Recommendations from the ESPEN Expert Group

Protein intake and exercise for optimal muscle function with aging: Recommendations from the ESPEN Expert Group
Protein intake and exercise for optimal muscle function with aging: Recommendations from the ESPEN Expert Group
The aging process is associated with gradual and progressive loss of muscle mass along with lowered strength and physical endurance. This condition, sarcopenia, has been widely observed with aging in sedentary adults. Regular aerobic and resistance exercise programs have been shown to counteract most aspects of sarcopenia. In addition, good nutrition, especially adequate protein and energy intake, can help limit and treat age-related declines in muscle mass, strength, and functional abilities. Protein nutrition in combination with exercise is considered optimal for maintaining muscle function.

With the goal of providing recommendations for health care professionals to help older adults sustain muscle strength and function into older age, the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) hosted a Workshop on Protein Requirements in the Elderly, held in Dubrovnik on November 24 and 25, 2013. Based on the evidence presented and discussed, the following recommendations are made (a) for healthy older people, the diet should provide at least 1.0–1.2 g protein/kg body weight/day, (b) for older people who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition because they have acute or chronic illness, the diet should provide 1.2–1.5 g protein/kg body weight/day, with even higher intake for individuals with severe illness or injury, and (c) daily physical activity or exercise (resistance training, aerobic exercise) should be undertaken by all older people, for as long as possible.
aging, nutrition, protein, amino acids, exercise, sarcopenic obesity
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Deutz, N.E., Bauer, J.M., Barazzoni, R., Biolo, G., Boirie, Y., Bosy-Westphal, A., Cederholm., T., Cruz-Jentoft, A., Krznariç, Z., Nair, K.S., Singer, P., Teta, D., Tipton, K. and Calder, Philip C. (2014) Protein intake and exercise for optimal muscle function with aging: Recommendations from the ESPEN Expert Group. Clinical Nutrition, 33 (6), 929-936. (doi:10.1016/j.clnu.2014.04.007). (PMID:24814383)

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The aging process is associated with gradual and progressive loss of muscle mass along with lowered strength and physical endurance. This condition, sarcopenia, has been widely observed with aging in sedentary adults. Regular aerobic and resistance exercise programs have been shown to counteract most aspects of sarcopenia. In addition, good nutrition, especially adequate protein and energy intake, can help limit and treat age-related declines in muscle mass, strength, and functional abilities. Protein nutrition in combination with exercise is considered optimal for maintaining muscle function.

With the goal of providing recommendations for health care professionals to help older adults sustain muscle strength and function into older age, the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) hosted a Workshop on Protein Requirements in the Elderly, held in Dubrovnik on November 24 and 25, 2013. Based on the evidence presented and discussed, the following recommendations are made (a) for healthy older people, the diet should provide at least 1.0–1.2 g protein/kg body weight/day, (b) for older people who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition because they have acute or chronic illness, the diet should provide 1.2–1.5 g protein/kg body weight/day, with even higher intake for individuals with severe illness or injury, and (c) daily physical activity or exercise (resistance training, aerobic exercise) should be undertaken by all older people, for as long as possible.

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Accepted/In Press date: 9 April 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 24 April 2014
Published date: December 2014
Keywords: aging, nutrition, protein, amino acids, exercise, sarcopenic obesity
Organisations: Human Development & Health

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Local EPrints ID: 373727
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/373727
ISSN: 0261-5614
PURE UUID: f7422498-f05c-4c29-aad4-4d613c4c97de
ORCID for Philip C. Calder: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6038-710X

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Author: N.E. Deutz
Author: J.M. Bauer
Author: R. Barazzoni
Author: G. Biolo
Author: Y. Boirie
Author: A. Bosy-Westphal
Author: T. Cederholm.
Author: A. Cruz-Jentoft
Author: Z. Krznariç
Author: K.S. Nair
Author: P. Singer
Author: D. Teta
Author: K. Tipton

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