Interpretation of A Focus Shift From Sarcopenia to Muscle Health in the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2025 Consensus Update

The Asian Sarcopenia Working Group has released its latest 2025 consensus update. This narrative review interprets key changes in the AWGS 2025 consensus including: for the first time the working group establishes a conceptual framework centered on muscle health promotion, proposes diagnostic thresholds for sarcopenia in middle-aged people, simplifies the diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia to only require the concurrence of low muscle mass and low muscle strength, and regards physical performance as an outcome indicator. The consensus aims to identify and intervene in muscle decline at an early stage, providing directional guidance for muscle health management across the life course.