{"id":37673,"date":"2015-07-29T21:33:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T13:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/?post_type=health-article&#038;p=37673"},"modified":"2024-06-30T21:37:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T13:37:27","slug":"mitigating-muscle-loss","status":"publish","type":"health-article","link":"https:\/\/www.columbiaasia.com\/malaysia\/health-articles\/mitigating-muscle-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitigating Muscle Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37673\" class=\"elementor elementor-37673\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad33bd4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad33bd4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-081ab1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"081ab1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><em>Dr. Harjeet Singh, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon<\/em><br \/><br \/>Sidelined for two weeks by injuries and you may lose up to one-third of your muscle strength, according to Danish scientists in a study published earlier this month. 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