Obesity is an “epidemic” of modern times. Due to diet and lifestyle habits, many people have problems with their weight and it’s threatening both people’s health and life expectancy. Now new research has found there’s an association between changes in weight and waist circumference and the risk of death.
Body weight and waist circumference are common criteria for determining the degree of obesity. A new study of adults with stable weight and waist circumference found that those who reduce weight but have an increased waist circumference have a significantly higher risk of mortality.
The research was based on data from 58,132 Chinese middle-aged and older adults and its results were published in JAMA Network Open under the Journal of the American Medical Association on Aug. 8….