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Sarcopenia represents the loss of skeletal muscle and strength that occurs with aging. It is a major component of frailty and its effect on daily functioning, falls, and fractures has been well documented. Along with the population aging worldwide, the number of people with sarcopenia is expected to increase and, thus, contributing to dependency and the anticipated increase in health and social care costs. The cause of sarcopenia is multifactorial. Recent evidence suggests that some reversibility exists, highlighting the importance of intervention modalities. However, the role of nutritional supplementation and exercise programs, either individually or in combination, is still uncertain, and further randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been recommended by the International Sarcopenia Initiative. Therefore, the investigators plan to conduct a 24-month RCT to compare the effectiveness of 12-week exercise program alone, combined exercise program and nutrition supplement, and non-exercise control group on improving muscle mass, strength and power and physical performance in Chinese older people who have sarcopenia defined using the Asian Working Group Criteria (AWGC). The investigators hypothesize that compared with the non-exercise control group, there will be improvement in muscle strength, power and mass, and physical performance in the exercise alone group, and that there will be an additive effect with the combined exercise and nutrition supplement group. Chinese older people aged 65 years and over will be recruited for a brief screening of sarcopenia and cognitive status. Potential subjects will further undertake detailed body composition and biochemical measurements to check for their eligibility. Eligible subjects will be randomized to one of the three groups: exercise program alone, combined exercise program and nutrition supplement, or waitlist control group with the same exercise program offered after 24-week of study enrollment. Each group will have 45 subjects. Outcome measurements including muscle strength, power and mass, physical performance, instrumental activities of daily living and related biochemical measurements will be made at baseline, 12 and 24 weeks.
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