The connection between age-related muscle loss and infection risk

Aging comes with the risk of some well-known physical changes. But one to keep an eye on — because it’s linked to serious complications such as frailty, falls and fractures — is sarcopenia. This is a gradual loss of muscle mass that actually begins around age 30. After that, you lose about 3 to 5 percent of your muscle per decade — although you might not really notice it until around age 60.