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Objective muscle measurements were included in 48.2% of theses, with 65% of these utilizing computed tomography-based \u201copportunistic imaging.\u201d Segmented regression identified 2015 as a significant structural breakpoint in thesis production (p&lt;0.001). The overall publication rate was 28.4%, with the highest conversion observed in sarcopenia-focused theses (42.0%; 95%CI 36.2\u201347.8). Conversely, cachexia was the least represented area (1.2%).  CONCLUSION: Clinical nutrition research in T\u00fcrkiye has evolved into a muscle-focused, phenotype-based paradigm, with geriatrics serving as the primary driver. While sarcopenia has become central to clinical research, complex wasting syndromes like cachexia remain academically neglected. 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