TY - JOUR
T1 - Protein intake and exercise for optimal muscle function with aging
T2 - Recommendations from the ESPEN Expert Group
AU - Deutz, Nicolaas E.P.
AU - Bauer, Jürgen M.
AU - Barazzoni, Rocco
AU - Biolo, Gianni
AU - Boirie, Yves
AU - Bosy-Westphal, Anja
AU - Cederholm, Tommy
AU - Cruz-Jentoft, Alfonso
AU - Krznariç, Zeljko
AU - Nair, K. Sreekumaran
AU - Singer, Pierre
AU - Teta, Daniel
AU - Tipton, Kevin
AU - Calder, Philip C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism.
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - 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 1.0-1.2g 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 1.2-1.5g 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.
AB - 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 1.0-1.2g 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 1.2-1.5g 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.
KW - Aging
KW - Amino acids
KW - Exercise
KW - Nutrition
KW - Protein
KW - Sarcopenic obesity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clnu.2014.04.007
DO - 10.1016/j.clnu.2014.04.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 24814383
AN - SCOPUS:84920172989
SN - 0261-5614
VL - 33
SP - 929
EP - 936
JO - Clinical Nutrition
JF - Clinical Nutrition
IS - 6
ER -