Scientists have found another reason to watch your weight: a new study

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The results of a study by scientists from Northwestern University, Washington University in St. Louis, and other US research institutions showed that maintaining an optimal weight in adulthood will provide significant health benefits later. Specialists came to this conclusion on the basis of a cohort study conducted as part of the Chicago Heart Association project.

More than 29,600 adults, both men and women, participated in the study. At baseline, their average age was 40.

As the scientists found, overweight and obesity of the first and second degree, noted at the age of 40, were associated with a statistically significant higher overall an indicator of morbidity in old age compared to a normal body mass index (BMI). Such people had to spend more money on medical services.

As the researchers point out, a higher midlife BMI in overweight study participants was associated with higher rates of both total and cardiovascular disease. . In addition, already at the beginning of the study, they were more often diagnosed with diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. At the same time, those who had obesity of the first and second degrees at the age of 40 were younger than the average age at the time of death.