This opinion article, published in Journal of American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), addresses the role of muscle mass in improving health outcomes in a variety of disease states. It also offers strategies you can use to help patients manage low muscle mass and prevent muscle loss.
Specifically, the article:
- Discusses the importance of muscle as a metabolic and homeostatic organ, in addition to being crucial for maintaining proper physical movement
- Raises awareness of the need for timely identification of loss of skeletal muscle mass and function in high-risk populations, e.g., cancer, COPD
- Highlights the need to prioritise maintaining and restoring muscle mass when managing malnutrition.
- Describes the role nutrition and exercise can play in maintaining and restoring muscle function.
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