Home
You can view the current or previous issues of Diabetes Health online, in their entirety, anytime you want.
Click Here To View
See if you qualify for our free healthcare professional magazines. Click here to start your application for Pre-Diabetes Health, Diabetes Health Pharmacist and Diabetes Health Professional.
Latest Weight Loss Articles
Popular Weight Loss Articles
Highly Recommended Weight Loss Articles
Email to a Friend
Send a link to this page to your friends and colleagues.
Formerly Fat Elders Wear Out Earlier
If you’re thin and elderly, but you used to be fat, you’re more likely to develop problems getting around than people who were never fat.
Well, it's official: If you're elderly and fat, you're more likely to have problems getting around than if you're thin and elderly. A new study proves it. But here's the real kicker: If you're thin and elderly, but you used to be fat, you're more likely to develop problems getting around than people who were never fat. As a matter of fact, you're almost as likely to have mobility problems as people who are fat and elderly. Apparently, you just can't win for losing.
The seven-year study followed 2,845 seniors who averaged 74 years old and had no mobility problems when the study began. During the study, the women who were overweight or obese from their mid-twenties to their seventies were nearly three times more likely to develop mobility problems than the women who were normal weight throughout their lives. But the women who were not fat in their seventies, but had been at age 50, were 2.7 times more likely to develop mobility limitations than the women who were never obese. The overweight or obese men were 1.6 times more likely to develop mobility problems than the thin men. But the men who were not fat in their seventies, but had been at age 50, were 1.8 times more likely to develop mobility limitations than men who were never obese.
The study was led by Denise Houston, assistant professor of gerontology at the School of Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Source: HealthDay News
Categories: Geriatrics, Health Research, Weight Loss
You May Also Be Interested In...
-
Diabetes Health
Diabetes Health is the essential resource for people living with diabetes- both newly diagnosed and experienced as well as the professionals who care for them. We provide balanced expert news and information on living healthfully with diabetes. Each issue includes cutting-edge editorial coverage of new products, research, treatment options, and meaningful lifestyle issues.
-
Topics
- Diabetic / Diabetes Health
- Type 1 / 1.5 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Blood Glucose / Sugar
- High/Low Blood Sugar / Fast Acting Glucose
- Insulin- Pumps, Pens & Syringes
- Continuous Glucose Monitors, CGM, Infusion Sets
- Type 2 Medications
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypoglycemia
Comments
Might as well stay fat.
The information given in this article is of little real life use. Since there was a greater increase means that the great majority did not have problems. What were the absolute numbers? Relative numbers like 1.8 times mean very little and is meaningless. 1.8 times what? What did one group do that the problem group did not, example would be exercise. How much. Did those in the lean and the formerly obese groups exercise for at least 360 minutes per week? Did they walk several miles a day at one time and at what speed?
What about diet? Were there lots of fresh veggies, fruits and fatty fish like wild salmon as part of the daily diet?
I like information that I can use.
Roger
.
I agree with Roger, these studies leave you with more questions than answers.
It would make sense. decades of strain on joints can not be reversed at such a senior age. We have trouble repairing new damage let alone old damage.
But it does point out that lifelong commitment to health pays off in future benefits. Sort like saving money for retirement
Add your comments about this article below. You can add comments as a registered user or anonymously. If you choose to post anonymously your comments will be sent to our moderator for approval before they appear on this page. If you choose to post as a registered user your comments will appear instantly.
When voicing your views via the comment feature, please respect the Diabetes Health community by refraining from comments that could be considered offensive to other people. Diabetes Health reserves the right to remove comments when necessary to maintain the cordial voice of the diabetes community.
For your privacy and protection, we ask that you do not include personal details such as address or telephone number in any comments posted.
Don't have your Diabetes Health Username? Register now and add your comments to all our content.
Register...
Register your Diabetes Health Username here.
Have Your Say...