POST: I would like to raise a discussion regarding sarcopenic obesity (page 584).

Sarcopenia is the loss of skeletal muscle mass and function (Santilli et al., 2014).
From this definition, we can therefore assume that the loss of muscle function can
induce physical inactivity, and we know that with physical inactivity there is a
tendency for fat accumulation due to reduced metabolism. Taking these
information, is it logical to infer that the cause of sarcopenic obesity is sarcopenia
itself? (is it or isn’t it)

Santilli, V., Bernetti, A., Mangone, M., & Paoloni, M. (2014). Clinical definition
of sarcopenia. Clinical cases in mineral and bone metabolism : the official journal
of the Italian Society of Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism, and Skeletal Diseases,
11(3), 177–180.

Reply to a post: Vascular dementia is the memory loss and impairment of cognitive
functioning due to stroke (Lee, 2011). I’m not sure how to answer your second
question, but I will try to give an answer to it the way I understand it. Age-related
memory loss is part of the normal aging process, hence, the term age-related. Older
people may experience occasional memory lapses, which may not be due to onset
of dementia or any underlying disease. When memory loss becomes disabling and
greatly affects your performance of the activities of daily living, you may be
experiencing dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. There are no diseases that are
caused by dementia, and it is not a disease in itself but a syndrome from a variety
of symptoms (Irwin et al., 2018). Risk factors include history of smoking, physical
inactivity and sedentary lifestyle, inadequate diet, excessive alcohol consumption,
midlife obesity, high blood pressure, midlife high cholesterol and diabetes (Peters
et al., 2019).

Irwin, K., Sexton, C., Daniel, T., Lawlor, B., & Naci, L. (2018). Healthy Aging
and Dementia: Two Roads Diverging in Midlife?. Frontiers in aging neuroscience,
10, 275. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2018.00275
Peters, R., Booth, A., Rockwood, K., Peters, J., D'Este, C., & Anstey, K. J. (2019).
Combining modifiable risk factors and risk of dementia: a systematic review and
meta-analysis. BMJ open, 9(1), e022846. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-
022846
Lee A. Y. (2011). Vascular dementia. Chonnam medical journal, 47(2), 66–71.
https://doi.org/10.4068/cmj.2011.47.2.66