Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity in an Academic Total Joint Arthroplasty Practice

Thirty Obesity Myths, Misunderstandings, and/or Oversimplifications: An Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) Clinical Practice Statement (CPS) 2022

“…Sarcopenia often accompanies not only an increase in percent body fat, but also a reduction in bone mineral density, sometimes termed osteosarcopenic obesity syndrome [ 200 ]. Regarding prevalence, in an evaluation of patients evaluated for arthroplasty, 6.4% had sarcopenic obesity [ 201 ].…”