Week 2 - General Functional Decline & Changes in Body Composition

Question 1

Primary aging

Answer 1

unavoidable deterioration of structure and function
- independent of disease and environment

Question 2

secondary aging

Answer 2

deterioration of structure and function due to preventable lifestyle and environmental exposures
- can be modified through intervention

Question 3

Reduced reserve capacity

Answer 3

organ is more vulnerable to stresses placed on the body and has greater risk of succumbing to those stresses

Question 4

Measurable bone density decline age

Answer 4

50

Question 5

age of muscle mass peak

Answer 5

~30 years

Question 6

Muscle mass loss % by 70 YO

Answer 6

20-40%

Question 7

Sarcopenia

Answer 7

clinical loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength

Question 8

Average increase in body weight % between the ages of 25 - 60

Answer 8

15%

Question 9

What are the components of the vicious triad

Answer 9

• muscle loss
• bone loss
• fat gain

Question 10

What can the vicious triad lead to?

Answer 10

Osteosarcopenic obesity syndrome

Question 11

Osteosarcopenic obesity syndrome

Answer 11

multimorbid state that predisposes an individual to morbidity

Question 12

what does the SPPB test consist of?

Answer 12

• balance test
• gait speed test
• chair stand test

Question 13

Inflammageing

Answer 13

an age-related chronic persistence of pro-inflammatory markers in the blood
- a strong risk factor for many diseases of ageing and a predictor of morbidity and multimorbidity