Primary prevention
Encourage people, where possible, to spend less time being sedentary (i.e., sitting) or to break up the amount of time that they spend sitting. Strategies for limiting sitting time include stand-up desks for computers, interactive video games, standing when using public transport, devices that vibrate when the user has been sitting for too long, and making use of stairs.
Resistance training is recommended as a preventative intervention to maintain muscle mass and strength and decrease the risk of development of sarcopenia.[2][9]
Advise older people to consider their overall food intake to maintain a healthy weight at older ages, in order to prevent loss of lean mass and the development of frailty, in which malnutrition plays a key role.[25]
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