Population aging and the obesity epidemic are important global public health problems that
pose an unprecedented threat to the physical and mental health of the elderly and health
systems worldwide. Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is a new category of obesity and a high-risk
geriatric syndrome in the elderly. SO is associated with many adverse health consequences
such as frailty, falls, disability, and increased morbidity and mortality. The core mechanism of
SO is the vicious circle between myocytes and adipocytes. In order to implement effective …

Recently Tong Ji et al [1] published a work of great importance for public health. The
problems associated with aging will increase over the next 3 decades following the growth
rate in the age group above 60 years old (wich will be about 21% in 2050). One of these
problems is sarcopenic obesity (SO), which is a loss of muscle mass, strength and increase
in body fat. SO causes frailty, falls, disability, immobility, fractures, cardiometabolic and
respiratory diseases, cancer, and increased mortality. After showing the different …