Department of Rehabilitation, Chuzan Hospital, 6-2-1 Matsumoto, Okinawa 904-2151, Okinawa, Japan.
Department of Health and Nutrition, Okinawa University, 555 Kokuba, Naha 902-8521, Okinawa, Japan.
Nutrients. 2023 Jun 30;15(13):2991. doi: 10.3390/nu15132991.
Many countries are facing the advent of super-aging societies, where sarcopenia and frailty will become pertinent problems. The prevalence of comorbidities is a major problem in countries with aged populations as elderly people suffer from various diseases, such as diabetes, heart failure, chronic kidney disease and dementia. All of these diseases are associated with sarcopenia and frailty, and they frequently cause falls, fractures, and a decline in activities of daily living. Fractures in the elderly people are associated with bone fragility, which is influenced by diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Nutritional support for chronic disease patients and sarcopenic individuals with adequate energy and protein intake, vitamin D supplementation, blood glucose level management for individuals with diabetes, obesity prevention, nutritional education for healthy individuals, and the enlightenment of society could be crucial to solve the health-related problems in super-aging societies.
许多国家正面临超级老龄化社会的到来，肌肉减少症和虚弱将成为相关问题。在人口老龄化的国家中，合并症的患病率是一个主要问题，因为老年人患有各种疾病，如糖尿病、心力衰竭、慢性肾脏病和痴呆症。所有这些疾病都与肌肉减少症和虚弱有关，它们经常导致跌倒、骨折和日常生活活动能力下降。老年人的骨折与骨脆弱有关，这受糖尿病和慢性肾脏病的影响。为慢性疾病患者和有足够能量和蛋白质摄入的肌肉减少症个体提供营养支持、维生素 D 补充、糖尿病患者的血糖水平管理、预防肥胖、对健康个体进行营养教育以及对社会的启发，对于解决超级老龄化社会中的与健康相关的问题可能至关重要。
