Non-communicable diseases including cardiovascular diseases (CVD), cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes have attributed to global premature deaths. The world health organization reported 18.1 million cancer cases in 2018 suggesting 1 in 8 men and 1 in 10 women are likely to develop cancer during their lifetimes (Bray et al., 2018). Most common cancers in men include lung, prostate, colorectum, stomach and liver cancers, while those of in women are breast, colorectum, lung, cervix uteri and thyroid cancers.Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial condition influencing 50 to 80% of cancer patients and it is responsible for 20% of cancer deaths (Warren, 1932;Fearon et al., 2011). Cachexia reveals impairments in energy and protein balance leading weight loss through