Prevalence Of Sarcopenic Obesity According To The Definition And Diagnosis Criteria Of ESPEN/EASO Consensus Statement: The Rotterdam Study.

TLDR: In this article , the authors describe the prevalence of sarcopenic obesity and its characteristics among middle-aged and older people in a large-scale population-based setting and describe the characteristics of these individuals.

Abstract: Rationale: Sarcopenic obesity (SO), a multifactorial condition, has been recently defined by ESPEN/EASO Consensus as low muscle strength and mass in combination with obesity (1); however, there is no reported prevalence using this definition yet. We describe the prevalence of SO and its characteristics among middle-aged and older people in a large-scale population-based setting.