Sarcopenia

What is Sarcopenia?

Sarcopenia means losing skeletal muscle mass and function.

Any rapid weight loss takes muscle along with fat, whether from surgery, a GLP-1 or plain calorie restriction. The countermeasures are protein at 1.0–1.6 g/kg a day and resistance training while you are actively losing.

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GLP Watchdog writes these definitions from FDA labels and peer-reviewed PubMed literature.

Other terms under concept

• Gastroparesis
• Bone mineral density (BMD)
• Dumping syndrome
• Intertrigo

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