Anorexia of Ageing Clinical Trial
Official title:
Impaired Regulation of Energy Balance in Elderly People and the Underlying Physiological Mechanisms.
Over the past century life expectancy has risen rapidly. As a result, the proportion of
elderly people continues to grow. Elderly people probably have an impaired regulation of
energy balance (energy intake versus energy expenditure) whereby the underlying
physiological mechanisms are not fully understood.
The first objective of this study is to provide further evidence for an age-related failure
to regulate energy balance in elderly. If the hypothesis of impaired regulation of energy
balance in elderly is confirmed then the second objective becomes to elucidate the
underlying physiological mechanisms of the age-related failure to regulate energy intake in
elderly.
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Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Basic Science