**Author details**

Sergey Suchkov2 , Tahereh Seifi Salmi3 , Chyi-Huey Bai4 , Javad Alizargar1 and Jia-Ping Wu1 \*

1 Research Center for Healthcare Industry Innovation, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C

2 Immunology and Medicine, Research Center, Department of Pathology, I.M. Sechenov PMGMU, POB, Moscow, Russia

3 Sport Sciences Research Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

\*Address all correspondence to: affymax0823@yahoo.com.tw

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*Ketogenic Diet Is Good for Aging-Related Sarcopenic Obesity DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96028*

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