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The Diabetes-Sarcopenia Connection: Identifying, Preventing and Managing a Growing Clinical Challenge

Taught by
Kathryn N. Porter Starr, PhD, MS, RD
Associate Professor in Medicine - Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

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Sarcopenia is increasingly recognized as a significant yet underappreciated complication of type 2 diabetes.  This presentation will explore the complex, bidirectional relationship between diabetes and sarcopenia and discuss current evidence linking sarcopenia to frailty, cardiometabolic complications, cognitive impairment, and mortality.  

Program Objectives:

  1. Describe the epidemiology, risk factors, and pathophysiological mechanisms linking type 2 diabetes and sarcopenia

  2. Discuss the impact of sarcopenia on functional status, frailty, cardiometabolic health, cognitive outcomes, and mortality risk in individuals with type 2 diabetes

  3. Evaluate validated screening and assessment approaches for identifying sarcopenia in adults with type 2 diabetes and other at-risk populations 

  4. Apply evidence-based nutrition, physical activity, and emerging pharmacologic interventions to reduce sarcopenia risk, maintain muscle mass and function, and optimize clinical outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes

This CPE activity awards 1 CPEU to Registered Dietitians and Dietetic Technicians, Registered.

One contact hour is available for Registered Nurses.

Financial support provided by Nestlé Health Science.

For Dietitians: Funding from non-CPE revenue for CPE planning, development, review, and / or presentation has been provided by Nestlé Health Science.

Nestlé Health Science is a Continuing Education Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 11366.    

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