Sarcopenia: Nutrition and Diet

Note: Sarcopenia is not synonymous with cachexia - see below.

Sarcopenia is an uncomfortable condition of great geriatric concern. Being a potential cause of disability in the elderly, it significantly affects the reduction in quality and life expectancy.

It is considered an important component of the so-called frailty syndrome, which is a typically geriatric disease that embodies the high risk of functional decline in old age.