PREVALÊNCIA DE SARCOPENIA E OBESIDADE SARCOPÊNICA EM IDOSOS DO UNIS SÊNIOR

Abstract

The elderly are naturally characterized by physiological changes, such as smell and taste, reducing the quality of dietary intake, resulting in different syndromes, one of them is sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity, resulting in the reduction of musculoskeletal mass, interfering in thequalityoftheelderly’slife, makingthemvulnerableto injuries, falls’ risk, delayedrecovery ininflammatorydiseases. Researchthefactorsrelatedto sarcopenia, especially in relation to dietary intake can optimize the consequences of this syndrome. The objective of this study was to identify the sarcopenic obesity in a group of seniors of the Unis Senior fromVarginha-MG. Cross-sectional study in 32 elderly patients. To identify the sarcopenic obesity were collected body composition data through bioelectrical impedance, anthropometric data, strength test with the aid of dynamometer and the gait velocity test to measure muscular function and through the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) and Food Recall of 72 hours were collected data on consumption and eating habits.Thirty-two elderly (30 women and 2 men) aged 60 to 83 years oldwere evaluated. This study identified that 23.34% (n = 7) of women were classified as sarcopenic and 6.66% (n = 2) reported sarcopenic obesity, the consumption of macronutrients ingested by the studied group was overestimated. The combination of protein intake and high energy are consistent with the situation of the majority of the group, because it is due to these factors that sarcopenia is not established in the person.