Hamirpur (HP), Feb. 27 -- Nearly 90 percent of urban Indians show signs of an invisible epidemic of sarcopenia, measurable muscle wasting, on sonography said an expert and Epidemiologist and Executive Member of the Indian Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Dr Naresh Purohit.
He said in a release hereafter, addressing a workshop on the Dangers posed by muscle loss in Gen-Z" organised by the Mandi, Ner Chowk based SLBS Medical College and Hospital, that the era of "thin equals healthy" is fading. Very low BMI can increase the risk of osteoporosis and stress fractures.
The noted clinician pointed that without muscle, bone density declines faster after 35.
Low muscle mass from aggressive dieting and lack of strength training in younger a...