06/04/2019 / By Evangelyn Rodriguez
In this study, researchers from Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital in South Korea compared the nutritional intake and body composition of cancer survivors with those of healthy individuals using data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys conducted from 2008 to 2011. The results of their study, which mainly considered the incidence of sarcopenia in cancer survivors, were published in the journal Nutrition Research.
Based on these results, the researchers concluded that male cancer survivors have a high risk of sarcopenia – especially when they are not obese – but high dietary energy intake could prevent the development of this disease.
Journal Reference:
Kim H, Yoo S, Park YS, Park SG. LOW DIETARY ENERGY INTAKE IS ASSOCIATED WITH SARCOPENIA IN CANCER SURVIVORS: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON THE KOREAN NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY 2008–2011. Nutrition Research. May 2018;53:15–22. DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2018.01.004
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