Obesity may accelerate the process of cardiac aging and exacerbate clinical outcomes in elderly individuals through shared mechanisms of energy metabolism dysfunction.
Obesity and aging are well-established risk factors for a range of diseases, including cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. Given the escalating prevalence of obesity, the aging population, and the subsequent increase in cardiovascular diseases, it is crucial to investigate the underlying mechanisms involved. Both aging and obesity have profound effects on the energy metabolism through various mechanisms, including metabolic inflexibility, altered substrate utilization for energy production, deregulated nutrient sensing, and mitochondrial dysfunction. In this review, we aim to present and discuss the hypothesis that obesity, due to its similarity in changes observed in the aging heart, may accelerate the process of cardiac aging and exacerbate the clinical outcomes of elderly individuals with obesity.
Owesny et al. (Thu,) conducted a review in Obesity and aging (cardiovascular diseases). Obesity may accelerate the process of cardiac aging and exacerbate clinical outcomes in elderly individuals through shared mechanisms of energy metabolism dysfunction.