Posted on 04/14/2023 8:40:34 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
An international team has examined the associations of changes in body weight and waist circumference with all-cause and cause-specific mortality. In the paper, the team highlights the startling connection between weight loss and increased risk of death.
The researchers used data from a past study looking at aspirin use in 16,703 Australian participants aged 70 and above. They focused on weight recordings, waist circumference measurements and mortality information over time. The cohort consisted of 7,510 men and 9,193 women. All the individuals were without evident cardiovascular disease, dementia, physical disability, or life-limiting chronic illnesses.
Using men with stable weight as a control, men with a 5% to 10% weight loss had a 33% higher risk of all-cause mortality, and those with more than a 10% decrease in body weight had a 289% higher risk.
Compared to women with stable weight, women with a 5% to 10% weight loss had a 26% higher risk of all-cause mortality, and those with more than a 10% decrease in body weight had a 114% higher risk.
A more than 10% decrease in waist circumference was associated with a 2.14-fold higher risk of all-cause mortality for men and a 34% higher risk of all-cause mortality for women.
There was no significant association between weight gain and increases in waist circumference and all-cause mortality.
The researchers state it is likely that weight loss is an early indicator of the presence of various life-shortening diseases. While weight loss may precede a cancer diagnosis, the study revealed that weight loss also precedes increased mortality from all causes, including deaths from cardiovascular disease, trauma, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and other less common causes.
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It’s called “wasting away”.
Been scratchin my head over this one.
My BMI is high.
I have TypeII diabetes.
High blood pressure among other things.
my doctors are trying to get me to lose weight.
I am in line for Ozempic treatment for diabetes.
It is also known for weight loss.
I guess I need to have a discussion about weight loss first.
I wonder if you have heavy weight loss in your 50’s or 60’s and are able to maintain a healthy weight would you live longer? There’s a helluva lot of fat people waiting for major health problems if they don’t have them already.
I take it then that this is not at all associated with intentional weight loss from improved diet and exercise?
No, you would then have a valid reason, like dieting.
That would be harmless.
Correct.
Diets are good.
This is not altogether new.
There has been known to be a U curve for mortality of 65+ people for some time and the bottom of the U is BMI 27. Not 25. In fact, some oldster dropping from 24 to 23 should be viewed as a dangerous development.
I do not think this article is suggesting BMI 30+ should not lose weight. Risks at 30+ move out of the All Causes stuff into very specific known reasons for death risk.
Weight loss —> 80% diet, 20% exercise. This is from the VA and they are on top of this stuff pretty hard. If weight loss is the goal, don’t think a daily walk is going to do it. Chop calories.
Konjac root capsules with water 30 min before eating
Every meal
Can’t see anything on the use of pharmaceutics in the article?
I had the same question. My thought is that they mean that nintentional, unexplained weight loss is a sign of serious illness versus intentional weight loss from dieting, but the article never specified.
Pure BS
The researchers state it is likely that weight loss is an early indicator of the presence of various life-shortening diseases. While weight loss may precede a cancer diagnosis, the study revealed that weight loss also precedes increased mortality from all causes, including deaths from cardiovascular disease, trauma, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and other less common causes.A failure to differentiate between those who lost weight due to a good diet and exercise versus those who lost weight due to illness (known or unknown) renders this study useless.
The conclusions of this study are about as important as saying that people with cancer have higher death rates than people without it.
“I take it then that this is not at all associated with intentional weight loss from improved diet and exercise?”
That was my question, too.
My friend in her early 70s was told that she was moving up to borderline diabetes. She was probably technically overweight, but not fat or heavy. She was told to lose weight and change her diet so went no sugar / low carb, and Silver Sneakers 3X/week.
The weight melted off quickly and the blood sugar corrected.
In less than a year she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer after being cancer free for 40 years.
Probably coincidence. Anyhow, we lost her in 2018.
Geriatric failure to thrive.
Wonder how many CoupFlu vaxx-related deaths in the elderly are being called geriatric failure to thrive...
Yeah because the elderly weren’t dying before the vaccine
In my annual visits with my doctor, I occasionally mention that I consider myself to be about fifteen pounds over my normal mid-life weight. I used to weigh 185 pounds for years, but now at 78, I hover around 200. My doctor’s response has always been, “Oh, it’s not a problem because you need to carry a little reserve at your age.” I’m beginning to understand what he means by that remark.
Failure to thrive.
Cachexia.
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