Nutritional frailty and sarcopenia risk among older Somali refugee returnees: an overlooked crisis at the intersection of displacement, aging, and food insecurity
Mohamed Abdulkadir Hussein, Saida Abdirzaak Mohamed, Ilyas Abdullahi Khalif, Salma Zubair Mohamud, Hibo Abdullahi Mohamed · 2026
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Mohamed Abdulkadir Hussein and co-authors wrote a 2026 commentary on a neglected crisis among older Somali refugee returnees. People who fled war, lived displaced for years, and returned home now age amid food insecurity. Their muscle wasting and nutritional frailty, the authors argue, are invisible in health data and aid planning.
They assemble evidence linking hunger to sarcopenia, the age-related loss of muscle mass and strength. Severe food insecurity more than doubles the odds of sarcopenia in older adults in poorer countries. Returnees face chronic protein and micronutrient shortages, the core drivers of muscle loss. Inflammation rises in malnourished older bodies and accelerates the breakdown. The authors call for routine combined screening of nutrition and muscle health in clinics and community programs, and for aging to enter humanitarian health agendas for returnee populations.
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| CREATOR | Mohamed Abdulkadir Hussein, Saida Abdirzaak Mohamed, Ilyas Abdullahi Khalif, Salma Zubair Mohamud, Hibo Abdullahi Mohamed |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9158 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |