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Sarcopenia

Weight Loss

Age-related loss of muscle mass and strength. A reason to protect lean mass on GLP-1s.

Sarcopenia is progressive muscle loss with age. It raises the stakes of GLP-1 lean-mass loss for adults over 50, making resistance training and adequate protein especially important during weight loss.

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