Abstract
A recent increase in the prevalence of obesity has been noticed in individuals of all age groups. With an increase in life expectancy, more elderly people are affected with obesity 'This is often associated with low muscle mass. This entity called as sarcopenic obesity is known to be associated with a significant higher morbidity and mortality. However, due to complex definitions and techniques used to define sarcopenic obesity, it is often under diagnosed in clinical practice. In this manuscript we propose simple, cost effective and easy to use anthropometric indices based on standard south Asian cutoffs that could help in screening and diagnosis of Sarcopenic obesity.
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