Obesity is an international health problem for children, adults, and the el- derly [1, 2] that can lead to the development of type 2 diabetes, enhance risk factors for cardiovascular and related diseases, and is associated with increased cancer risk and renal failure. Childhood obesity foreshadows its persistence into and through adulthood [3, 4], and obesity is becoming a common prob- lem among the elderly [5–7]. Obesity is generally displayed as excess adi- pose tissue and a high body weight, but in some elderly persons and oth- ers with limited mobility it takes the form of sarcopenic obesity, in which a preferential loss of muscle tissue increases the percentage of body fat [8]. Based on the body mass index (BMI), obesity has a current prevalence of 20% to 30% for non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Mexican-American men; 25% to 40% for non-Hispanic white and Mexican-American women; and as high as 46% to 53% for non-Hispanic black women [9]. A similar prevalence exists for portions of the adult and pediatric populations of Eu- rope, and among urban areas of Mexico, the Middle East, India, and China [10–13]. This obesity pandemic is becoming a greater health problem than under-nutrition [14–16].