DID YOU KNOW?
IT TAKES
TO TAKE JUST ONE STEP!
~200 MUSCLES
TO TAKE JUST ONE STEP!
MOVEMENT 
F ANY KIND
NEEDS MUSCLE
As YOU age,
You may Lose Upto
Many do not realize that as we age we may lose up to 30% muscle mass^^, if we don't do anything to slow it down or to prevent it from happening in our later years we may have difficulties in movement or worse to be even be chair or bed bound.
Have you checked your muscle age? Try it here!
The good news is while aging is inevitable the rate at which we lose muscle mass is not if we act on it. Among the elderly (≥60 years of age) in India, primary sarcopenia has a prevalence of 39.2%##
If you're in your 40’s or 50’s stop this from becoming your reality, your muscle health begins now be responsible for the own health. Its not about Living longer but Living Fullfilling and Independent Life.
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Disclaimer/ Reference:
^^as measured by lean body mass from 40 to 80 years of age. This is an estimation/extrapolation/assumptions/computation from the fact that after the age of 40 years, lean body mass decreases at a rate of up to 8% per decade and this loss can accelerate up to 15% per decade after the age of 70 Reference: Baier S, et al. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2009;33(1):71-82.).
^For significant recovery in BMI, weight & energy intake vs control post 12 weeks supplementation with 2 serves/d in malnourished Indian adults.
~How many muscles do we use take a single step forward? - Health BeatHealth Beat, assessed on 20th May 2025.
Human Bones, Joints and Muscles Facts: - Winston Medical Center, assessed on 20th May 2025
*227 subjects over 60 years of age attending the geriatric outpatient clinic were recruited for the study. (Men are 2X more for sarcopenia than women) + as per European Working Group on Sarcopenia in the People >60yrs (EWGSOP) 2010 diagnostic protocol for sarcopenia.
**As seen among the elderly^ India (≥60 years of age)
++ Supporting nutrition based on scientific evidence from 30+ clinicals on varied formulations under Ensure® brand.
#Euromonitor International Limited; Consumer Health 2025 edition, per Supplement Nutrition Drinks category definition, retail value sales, RSP 2024 data
** This is an estimation/extrapolation/assumptions/computation from the fact that after the age of 40 years, lean body mass decreases at a rate of up to 8% per decade and this loss can accelerate up to 15% per decade after the age of 70 (Reference: S Baier et al., JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition 33 (1), 71 (2009)).
+as measured by lean body mass
$ in adults aged ≥ 60 years with malnutrition risk Huynh D et al. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2014 Xie et al. Nutr. Clin. Pract. 2023;38:138–147. Zhang et al. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2021;30(3):415-423
@ Physiology, Skeletal Muscle Christopher McCuller; Rishita Jessu; Avery L. Callahan. Assessed on 17th April 25 from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537139/
## Rahman R et al. , AGING Med. 2021;4(4):257–265. doi:10.1002/agm2.12186
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