Dr. Cereda highlights the priority challenges faced by both healthcare organizations and HCPs in clinical practice today and tomorrow. Cancer is one of the highest priority healthcare burdens with high prevalence of malnutrition and muscle loss impacting oncology outcome as well as recovery. These can lead to incomplete recovery, especially in polymorbid ageing population, thereby accelerating functional decline, and driving recurrent falls risk in later years, leading to fracture, hospitalization, dependency, pool QoL and ultimately a state of frailty.
Reflecting on how muscle loss during healthcare setbacks can Impact recovery and aging trajectories, Dr. Cereda poses the concept of clinical nutrition as a ‘game changer’ in cancer and frailty care, especially when administered assertively, and with the right evidence-based approach.
Prof. Phillips highlights the important role of muscle in ageing & disease, sarcopenia is one of the major contributors to functional decline and falls risk in older patients. Thereby emphasizing why assertive use of muscle-targeted solutions, including high quality proteins, leucine and vitamin D are warrant as part of early multimodal interventions in older adult patient recovery programs. Targeted high protein medical nutrition for sufficient duration throughout prehab, rehab and recovery is essential to overcome anabolic resistance of ageing & disease, protecting mobility & independence for longer.
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