What is sarcopenia, what are its side-effects, and how is it related to aging?
What will be an ideal response?
Sarcopenia is defined as an age-related loss of muscle mass that leads to a loss of muscle strength and function. How much loss of muscle mass is related to the aging process itself or to actual physical inactivity and faulty nutrition is unknown. Sarcopenia leads to mobility disability and loss of independence. Muscle mass loss is also related to a lower metabolic rate, high prevalence of obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, abnormal blood lipids, and high blood pressure. Estimates indicate that half of all adults 65 and older in the United States currently suffer from age-related muscle loss. Early muscle loss doesn't appear to bother them or hold them back. They think they are fine until they lose functional independence, at which point they realize their mistake and see their quality of life diminish.
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