Hunkyung Kim
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan
Biography
Hunkyung Kim is the department head of the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Aging Research team (Research Team for Promoting Independence of the Elderly) at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology. After graduating from Kyungpook National University (South Korea) in 1986, he pursued a doctorate in exercise prescription and gerontology at the University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan). His research focus has been on sarcopenia, frailty, urinary incontinence, falls, geriatric syndromes, locomotive syndrome, exercise, nutrition etc, with a particular interest in sarcopenic obesity in recent years. Publications and data based on exercise and nutrition interventions presented by Kim are especially valuable due to the general difficulty of conducting interventions. Consequently, Kim prioritizes research dissemination via academic journals and conferences, newspaper articles, and television.