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Potential mechanisms through which obesity and diabetes may accelerate functional decline among older adults.
1 A negative cycle can occur whereby the pathophysiological effects of obesity and diabetes may interact in such a manner to dramatically increase risk of sarcopenia in this subpopulation of obese older adults with diabetes (Dominquez and Barbagallo, 2007).
