For example, half of female patients 65 years or older who undergo hip surgery after suffering a fall will never walk again. Researchers note that these patients tend to have very low muscle mass percentages (Paddon-Jones, Sheffield-Moore, Zhang, 2002). However, no long term studies have been conducted on a large scale to assess how muscle mass and metabolic function may prevent illness and disease. But, large studies have established that increased levels of muscle mass prevent obesity. Obesity occurs from an energy imbalance over a period of time in individuals who consume a lot of negative energy such as sugars and fats. These individuals do not do physical activities or exercise so the body stores the energy as fats. The balance of energy can be balanced by either increasing or reducing energy intake or increasing or reducing energy expenditures until there is no weight gain or loss (Biolo, Tipton, Klein, Wolfe 1997). The more muscle mass an individual has- the more calories are needed to maintain the level of muscle. The average young male has 35 to 50 kg of muscle mass, while an elderly woman may have less than 13 kg of muscle mass. A young male burns significant calories from his body’s renewal of muscle mass, while an elderly woman with little muscle mass is burning very few calories to maintain muscle mass. The maintenance of muscle mass and muscle protein metabolism may prevent obesity (Biolo, Tipton, Klein, Wolfe
For example, half of female patients 65 years or older who undergo hip surgery after suffering a fall will never walk again. Researchers note that these patients tend to have very low muscle mass percentages (Paddon-Jones, Sheffield-Moore, Zhang, 2002). However, no long term studies have been conducted on a large scale to assess how muscle mass and metabolic function may prevent illness and disease. But, large studies have established that increased levels of muscle mass prevent obesity. Obesity occurs from an energy imbalance over a period of time in individuals who consume a lot of negative energy such as sugars and fats. These individuals do not do physical activities or exercise so the body stores the energy as fats. The balance of energy can be balanced by either increasing or reducing energy intake or increasing or reducing energy expenditures until there is no weight gain or loss (Biolo, Tipton, Klein, Wolfe 1997). The more muscle mass an individual has- the more calories are needed to maintain the level of muscle. The average young male has 35 to 50 kg of muscle mass, while an elderly woman may have less than 13 kg of muscle mass. A young male burns significant calories from his body’s renewal of muscle mass, while an elderly woman with little muscle mass is burning very few calories to maintain muscle mass. The maintenance of muscle mass and muscle protein metabolism may prevent obesity (Biolo, Tipton, Klein, Wolfe