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Review Frailty, Sarcopenia and Nutrition(Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, 2024) Yesil,B.O.; Okur,İ.N.; Hızlı,Ş.Recently, the terms frailty and sarcopenia have been used frequently. Frailty, which occurs due to age-related physiological changes in multiple systems, is accepted as one of the geriatric syndromes. In frailty, negative energy balance, decreased strength, slowed walking speed, decreased grip strength, sarcopenia and involuntary weight loss can be seen. Frailty emerges as an indicator of biological age and correlates with the outcomes of biological age regardless of age, gender and comorbidities. Recent studies have begun to use the concept of frailty in children. Frailty in children is caused by a multi-system physiological impairment, including neurological, endocrine, immune and skeletal systems, which leads to a deterioration in quality of life. Frail children therefore require additional care and related services compared to children of the same age. Sarcopenia is defined as progressive loss in the musculoskeletal system. It has been determined that frailty and sarcopenia have many things in common in terms of their formation mechanisms, clinical consequences, treatment and prevention methods. Nutrition is closely related to both frailty and sarcopenia. Therefore, adequate energy and protein intake is extremely important in preventing malnutrition and loss of lean body mass. © 2024 Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University. All rights reserved.Publication A Preliminary Study Evaluating Trans-Fat Content of Pastries in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Communities of Istanbul(2021) Ay, Pınar; Qutranjı, Lubna; Cetın, Okan; Rezaı, Esmatullah; Fayazı, Rohullah; Gezer, Tanzer; Daglı, Elif; Ay, Nadıye PınarObjective: Trans-fatty acids (TFAs) pose several risks to human health. World Health Organization recommends the elimination oftrans-fat consumption through limiting their use as less than 2g/100g fat. In line with this recommendation, Turkey recently passed anew regulation securing the content of TFAs as less than 2g/100g fat in industrially produced foods. The objective of this study was todetermine the proportion of high TFA (>2 g/100g fat) in pastries among socioeconomically disadvantaged communities of Istanbulbefore the regulation was put into force.Materials and Methods: Eight socioeconomically disadvantaged districts were chosen from Istanbul and from each district threeneighborhoods with the lowest land values were identified. Pastry samples were collected from 72 shops. TFA content was analyzedat Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Marmara Research Center by the ISO 12966-2:2011 method.p<0.05 was set as the level of statistical significance.Results: The median (25th-75th percentile) value of TFAs was 0.19g/100g (0.04g/100g – 0.30g/100g). None of the samples exceededthe level of 2g/100g. There was no difference in TFA content between the districts (p>0.05).Conclusion: Our findings indicate that Turkey could easily comply with the legislative limit of 2%. Still, the compliance shouldcontinuously be evaluated in diverse populations of the country.
