Health
Midlife weight loss unlikely to reduce risk of an early death, scientists find – The Telegraph
Researchers say that weight loss later in life is more likely to be tied to an aging person’s worsening health
Midlife weight loss does not significantly reduce a person’s risk of an early death because the damage has already largely been done, scientists have warned following a major study.
Researchers examined the data of 24,205 participants from 1998 to 2015 to track how changes in weight between young adulthood and later life affected health prospects.
The changes in Body Mass Index’s (BMI) of the volunteers, aged 40-74 when they entered the study, were analysed over this period and compared with t…
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