For Obese Seniors, Combine Diet Plus Exercise to Fight Frailty.

PREVENTION of obesity; BEHAVIOR modification; DIET; EXERCISE; FRAIL elderly; HEALTH; HEALTH behavior; WEIGHT loss; WORLD Wide Web; INFORMATION resources; OLD age

The article discusses a study conducted by Dennis Villareal from New Mexico VA Health Care System, and colleagues, which revealed that older adult participant groups on combination diet plus exercise showed greatest improvement in a standard test for frailty as well as in secondary measures such as oxygen consumption, strength and balance. The study concluded that the major objective of the weight-loss therapy in older adults may be improving physical function.