Fernanda Bezerra Queiroz Farias
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Cássia Regina de Aguiar Nery Luz
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Adriana Haack de Arruda Dutra
Obese individuals may have increased fat mass and reduced skeletal muscle mass, It’s sarcopenic obesity. Aimed to investigate the possibility of identifying the obese sarcopenic in ambulatories. This was an integrative literature review using articles indexed in Pubmed, Medline/iHA, Lilacs and Scielo databases. Were found 109 articles in healthy adults since 2014 but 20 have been selected. Most obese care is done where there aren’t densitometry to define body composition. A study compared body fat and water by bioimpedance and densitometry and both showed strong correlation. It’s suggested that it’s possible to properly diagnose sarcopenic obese in outpatient units and propose appropriat strategies.