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Sarcopenic obesity

DESarkopenische Adipositas

Sarcopenic obesity is having two problems at once: low muscle mass or strength (sarcopenia) plus too much body fat. The combo is worse than either alone. Excess fat ramps up body-wide inflammation and fat toxicity, while too little muscle hurts your glucose handling and energy burn. Those feed each other in a vicious cycle. So the risk of cardiometabolic disease, physical disability, and death is higher than with just one condition, though the exact cutoffs vary by diagnostic framework. The main fix is resistance training plus enough dietary protein (often 1.2 g/kg/day or more). That targets both muscle preservation and metabolic health.

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Sources

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