Dove Medical Press publishes review on exercise and nutrition for older adults with sarcopenia and diabetes
Dove Medical Press published a review of sarcopenia and type 2 diabetes in older adults, highlighting resistance training and nutritional support as parts of integrated care. The authors noted that evidence remains incomplete, including unresolved causal pathways.
Dove Medical Press published a review on October 28 examining sarcopenia and type 2 diabetes in older adults. The authors said they searched PubMed, Google Scholar and ScienceDirect to review current knowledge on shared mechanisms and assess existing therapeutic approaches.1
The review described resistance training as a leading approach to increase muscle mass and strength while enhancing insulin sensitivity. It cited a synthesis of 19 randomized controlled trials reporting strength gains and improvements in metabolic markers among older patients with type 2 diabetes, and said exercise and nutrition can have synergistic effects. For nutrition, the review summarized recommendations for daily protein intake of 1.2–1.5 grams per kilogram, divided across three meals, with 25–30 grams at each meal.1
The authors cautioned that much of the evidence remains cross-sectional or based on animal models, causal pathways are incompletely established, and no intervention has yet been shown to modify sarcopenic outcomes through mechanism-directed targeting.1
