Relationship between eating awareness, physical fitness, and body composition in community-living older adults: a cross-sectional study

This study showed that older adults with higher eating awareness tended to have better physical fitness results, greater muscle mass, and lower body fat percentage and BMI compared to those with lower eating awareness. In addition, lower eating awareness was associated with reduced physical fitness, decreased skeletal muscle mass, and increased body fat percentage and BMI. These findings indicate that eating awareness is closely related to both body composition and physical functionality in older adults, highlighting its potential role as an important behavioral factor in healthy aging.