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| 35 | Lean mass is not synonymous with muscle. The compartment includes organs, connective tissue and body water, and some reduction is expected simply because a smaller body requires less of all of them.{{r|heymsfield2015}} | 35 | Lean mass is not synonymous with muscle. The compartment includes organs, connective tissue and body water, and some reduction is expected simply because a smaller body requires less of all of them.{{r|heymsfield2015}} |
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| + | 37 | == Interpretation == | |
| + | 38 | A fall in lean mass during weight loss is expected and is not by itself evidence of harm. What would constitute harm is a fall in function — strength, physical performance — and function is measured directly rather than inferred from a compartment estimate. See [[Sarcopenia]].{{r|heymsfield2015}} | |
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| + | 40 | Claims that a particular intervention "preserves lean mass" require a comparison at matched total weight loss, which most published comparisons do not provide. | |
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| 37 | == References == | 42 | == References == |
| 38 | {{reflist}} | 43 | {{reflist}} |