A new campaign from the Office on Women’s Health promotes awareness of sarcopenia

Sarcopenia is characterized by loss of muscle-mass, -strength, and -function. It can decrease quality-of-life in older adults—while increasing their risk of debilitating falls and fractures. What’s more, one of the main factors in its development is a lack of physical activity. Doctor Dorothy Fink is the director of the “Office on Women’s Health”, within the “U-S Department of Health and Human-Services”… "The public is likely familiar with bone-health disorders like osteoporosis and osteopenia; however, muscle-health disorders like sarcopenia can be just as impactful on women’s abilities to maintain function and mobility, as they age. Simple changes to daily routines—such as lifting light weights a few days each week, and increasing protein-intake—can help women maintain or regain lost muscle-mass, and make it easier to engage in everyday activities." A new campaign—called “Stronger than Sarcopenia”—promotes awareness of the condition. Learn more at “womens-health”-dot-gov-slash-“sarcopenia”.