title: Cachexia and aging: an update based on the Fourth International Cachexia Meeting.
abstract: This manuscript highlights the new developments in the pathophysiology of anorexia, cachexia and sarcopenia, based on presentations given at the Fourth International Cachexia Meeting. It stresses the importance of these conditions in older persons.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine and GRECC, VA Medical Center, St Louis, MO 63104, USA. morley@slu.edu
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Morley
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Anker
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000855:Anorexia / Q000503:physiopathology; D002100:Cachexia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000503:physiopathology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology