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Marjorie Chandler

Marjorie Chandler

Board-certified veterinary nutritionist and internal medicine specialist; Clinical Nutritionist at Vets Now Referrals in Glasgow, Scotland.

Aug 10, 2026

Chattering with iCatCare

Chattering with iCatCare

Sarcopenia, cachexia and frailty in older cats

Aug 10 · 15m

Yaiza GomezHOST
2:41
What is frailty?
Marjorie Chandler
Marjorie ChandlerGUEST
2:42
I think frailty is the measurement that we really need to be considering now.
Marjorie Chandler
Marjorie ChandlerGUEST
2:47
Muscle loss, a veterinarian or owner might say, "Yes.
Marjorie Chandler
Marjorie ChandlerGUEST
2:50
Okay, there's muscle loss, but so what? How is this meaningful?" To me, the meaningfulness about muscle loss is frailty.
Marjorie Chandler
Marjorie ChandlerGUEST
2:58
Frailty has been defined as a loss of physiological reserves in a human.
Marjorie Chandler
Marjorie ChandlerGUEST
3:03
It's not a definition I particularly like because what does that mean [laughs], "physiological reserves"? This is how it's often used.
Marjorie Chandler
Marjorie ChandlerGUEST
3:10
I think a better way of looking at that is a loss of physical and cognitive performance.

7 MINS LATER

Yaiza GomezHOST
10:00
And which are the most common barriers you think we find to evaluating and interpreting muscle condition scoring as part of the physical exam?

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