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Inclusion Criteria: 1. older adults aged 65 years old or above who are living in the community and have not less than 4 shared meals with family weekly 2. having a family member consent to offer support to the study participant 3. diagnosed as having sarcopenic obesity using the diagnostic criteria of Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) for sarcopenia and definition from WHO for obesity for Asian, respectively: 3a)early-stage sarcopenia is defined by meeting one of the following criteria: low handgrip strength \<28 kg for men and \<18 kg for women, low appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) /height2 \< 7 kg/m2 for men and \<5.7 kg/m2 for women, or low physical performance with a Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) score of \< 9; 3b) Obesity is defined by meeting one of the following criteria: BMI ≥25 kg/m2, waist circumference ≥ 90 cm in men and ≥ 80 cm in women, or percentage of body fat \>30% 4. ability to read, write and understand Chinese without severe speaking, hearing and vision problems for intervention delivery. Exclusion Criteria: 1. having any existing disease or condition that affects digestion or food intake, such as severe heart diseases, renal diseases, depression or advanced stages of cancer 2. having medications that impact dietary patterns, digestion, or metabolism 3. following specific dietary pattern or restrictions, such as diabetic diets and renal diets 4. having alcohol addiction defined by Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scoring 8 or above since it may affect their ability and their determination to make changes in dietary modification 5. having medical implants such as a pacemaker since the equipment to carry out bioelectric impedance analysis (Inbody S10) may cause malfunctioning of the implanted devices.