Sarcopenia, or age-related loss of muscle mass, is
A) due entirely to disuse atrophy as older people become less active.
B) due entirely to reduction in size of individual muscle fibers in aging individuals.
C) due entirely to reduction in the number of muscle fibers in aging individuals.
D) inevitable, but the rate of muscle loss can be minimized by resistance training.
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