Sarcopenia, the loss of muscle mass was officially classified as a disease and included in the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases but Australia isn’t among them.
VIVA: What is Sarcopenia and how might it affect me?
Pedestrians in Brisbane (AAP). Source: AAP
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More than a million older Australians could be at high risk of falls, disability and even death from a little-known muscle-wasting disease.
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