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Sarcopenia is an age-related geriatric syndrome which involves the loss of strength of skeletal muscles. The condition leads to impaired mobility, increased disability, more number of falls, as well as loss of physical function. Sarcopenia is observed in both physically inactive and active people, where factors such as inadequate protein intake, increased splanchnic extraction of amino acids and vitamin D deficiency increase the chances of developing this condition. Higher prevalence of Sarcopenia is observed in the United States as compared to Japan and EU5. On the contrary, higher awareness and improvement in care can slowly decrease the number of prevalent cases of ...