Partner Session

Partner Session: Healthy Aging: Sarcopenia and Muscle Health, Organized by Korean Nutrition Society

Chair(s)

• YP

  Yongsoon Park, Ph.D

  Hanyang University

Co-Chair(s)

• HP

  Hea Jin Park, PhD

  University of Georgia

Speaker(s)

• YP

  Yongsoon Park, Ph.D

  Hanyang University
• RF

  Roger Fielding, PhD

  JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
• YJ

  Young-Jin Jang, PhD

  Korea Food Research Institute

The session focuses on healthy aging, in particular related with sarcopenia and muscle health. Nutrition, together with exercise, is a key factor influencing age-related loss of muscle mass and function. The session will provide insights on nutritional strategy to decrease frailty by preventing sarcopenia and the underlying molecular mechanisms, based on current evidence.

Learning Objectives:

• To understand the associations between nutrition, exercise, and sarcopenia
• To understand current evidence for possible nutritional strategies to prevent sarcopenia
• To learn phytochemicals influencing skeletal muscle mass and function and its underlying mechanisms

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Nutritional Sarcopenia
  Yongsoon Park, Ph.D – Hanyang University
• 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Sarcopenia, Nutrition, and Physical Activity: The Role of Nutrition and Exercise on Age-related Muscle Loss
  Roger Fielding, PhD – JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
• 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  The Effects of Phytochemicals on Skeletal Muscle Mass and Function
  Young-Jin Jang, PhD – Korea Food Research Institute