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  1. Barazzoni R, Ballesteros MD, Bischoff SC, Blaauw R, Boirie Y, Carey S, et al.
    Clin Nutr, 2026 Jun;61:106645.
    PMID: 41990558 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2026.106645
    Sarcopenic obesity (SO; defined as obesity with low skeletal muscle function and mass) has been recently recognized as a relevant obesity phenotype, with substantial negative clinical impact. The prevalence of SO is likely increasing, due to the growing prevalence of major SO risk factors, including sedentary lifestyle, obesity-induced non-communicable diseases with muscle-catabolism, and a general global increase in the older adult population. Structured obesity management, including anti-obesity medications, also commonly leads to variable reductions in muscle mass with potential SO risk. Here, an international network of clinical nutrition Societies, including the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN), the Latino American Federation of Nutritional Therapy, Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (Federación Latinoamericana de Terapia Nutricional, Nutrición Clínica y Metabolismo - FELANPE), the Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Society of Asia (PENSA), and the South African and Australasian Societies for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (SASPEN and AuSPEN) recognize SO as a research and clinical priority, with major implications for nutrition and nutritional care. They hereby promote a nutrition network focusing on SO nutritional implications, clinical nutrition research on SO, and implementation of SO diagnosis and treatment in routine clinical practice. The current paper includes statements on SO diagnosis, promoting simple tools based on the recent consensus-based Sarcopenic Obesity Global Leadership Initiative (SOGLI) diagnostic algorithm, and its relationship with malnutrition/undernutrition. Statements are also provided on nutritional prevention of SO through healthy diet and adequate protein and micronutrient provision, on the role of nutritional care in obesity with sarcopenia, and on nutrition-based strategies to minimize and monitor the risk of sarcopenia during obesity management. The relevance of multimodal treatment approaches including both optimal nutrition and exercise is also emphasized. This SOGLI Nutrition network hereby calls for coordinated action, including scientific, educational and advocacy initiatives, to raise awareness of SO and the key role of nutrition and nutritional care in its prevention and treatment, in order to reduce the burden of morbidity and mortality in the growing population of persons with obesity worldwide.
  2. Pironi L, Jezerski D, Sobocki J, Lal S, Vanuytsel T, Theilla M, et al.
    Clin Nutr ESPEN, 2023 Jun;55:212-220.
    PMID: 37202049 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.03.008
    BACKGROUND AND AIMS: To investigate the incidence and the severity of COVID-19 infection in patients enrolled in the database for home parenteral nutrition (HPN) for chronic intestinal failure (CIF) of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN).

    METHODS: Period of observation: March 1st, 2020 March 1st, 2021.

    INCLUSION CRITERIA: patients included in the database since 2015 and still receiving HPN on March 1st, 2020 as well as new patients included in the database during the period of observation. Data related to the previous 12 months and recorded on March 1st 2021: 1) occurrence of COVID-19 infection since the beginning of the pandemic (yes, no, unknown); 2) infection severity (asymptomatic; mild, no-hospitalization; moderate, hospitalization no-ICU; severe, hospitalization in ICU); 3) vaccinated against COVID-19 (yes, no, unknown); 4) patient outcome on March 1st 2021: still on HPN, weaned off HPN, deceased, lost to follow up.

    RESULTS: Sixty-eight centres from 23 countries included 4680 patients. Data on COVID-19 were available for 55.1% of patients. The cumulative incidence of infection was 9.6% in the total group and ranged from 0% to 21.9% in the cohorts of individual countries. Infection severity was reported as: asymptomatic 26.7%, mild 32.0%, moderate 36.0%, severe 5.3%. Vaccination status was unknown in 62.0% of patients, non-vaccinated 25.2%, vaccinated 12.8%. Patient outcome was reported as: still on HPN 78.6%, weaned off HPN 10.6%, deceased 9.7%, lost to follow up 1.1%. A higher incidence of infection (p = 0.04), greater severity of infection (p 

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