Geriatrician. Nutrition Muscle Health #NuMust "When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible"
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In a Singapore study of 2110 community dwelling older adults age above 60, over half and one in ten were prefrail and frail. Both prefrail and frail were associsted with poorer patient-centered outcomes.
#frailty
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GLINTS
A much needed global initiative to bring back the focus on undernutrition in hospitals, based on the results of ESPEN nDay audit and how GLIM criteria and coming roll-out ICD11 code for adult undernutrition will improve diagnosis and care.
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A timely global call to action on tackling sarcopenic obesity, optimising clinical benefits and minimising/reversing muscle lost.
#sarcopenia #nutrition
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A step towards making targeted progressive resistance exercise training in the gym doable, relevant and mainstream for seniors in Singapore
MEETING "CIK ROSE"
GymBaddie SG's Ms Maryam training her own 73-year-old mother
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An excellent narrative review highlighting the pathological processes adversely affecting muscle protein synthesis and regeneration, and delineating the pivotal roles of resistance training and nutrition in muscle health.
mdpi.com/2072-6643/18/7/1161
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A blast from the past...Raffles Junior College Track and Field Team at the Singapore National Track and Field Championships, Kallang Stadium, Jul 1990
ALT Raffles Junior College Track and Field Team, Division A Boys, at the Singapore National Track and Field Championships, Kallang Stadium, Jul 1990
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Of muscles and heart in an observational study. Sarcopenia is associated with more functional decline compared with heart failure in isolation. The presence of both sarcopenia and heart failure is associated with even more pronounced declines.
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Why it is essential to integrated muscle health and individualisation into nutritional care of our patients, and simultaneously highlighting the concepts of phenotypes and endotypes
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Rising prevalence of CKD with the ageing of population worldwide will make nutrition care in CKD ever important and crucial as part of high quality healthcare
International Ketoanalogue Symposium, Singapore 2026
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Resistance exercise, the importance of progression and how different RT protocol improves different parameters of muscle health by ACSM 2026
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Low muscle mass and low muscle strength a better combination for predicting all cause mortality in older adults over 6 years
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Muscle mass remains essential in the diagnosis of sarcopenia predicting poor health outcomes
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Highlighting the distinct underpinning mechanisms leading to the development of sarcopenia and sarcopenia obesity
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A critical review of widely held propositions on protein dietary needs in humans, based on research quality (rigor), quantity (sample size, study duration) and pertinence (use if surrogate markers)
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A large prospective study of middle-aged participants from the UK Biobank showing higher risk for and increased post stroke mortality associated with sarcopenia status, lower grip strength amd slower walking pace
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The dual-face nature of omega-3 supplementation in prevention of alzheirmer's dementia, where less may be more
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