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Weight gain is common in women going through menopause. It can be caused by a variety of factors, including hormone fluctuations, muscle loss, poor sleep, and changes in eating and exercise habits.
4. Increased Needs for Older Adults. Adults over 65 years old are at higher risk of malnutrition. If you or someone you love is in this age group, you may have noticed changes in weight or eating ...
For women, a drop in estrogen can cause weight gain, particularly in the abdomen (aka menopause belly). For men, low testosterone is linked to an increase in fat mass. Men with obesity are more ...
A 2010 study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition closely tracked 373,803 people over a period of 8 years across 10 countries. At its conclusion, the study reported that meat consumption (processed meat, red meat, & poultry) is positively associated with weight gain and increased abdominal obesity in men and women. [15]
That’s why the fear of becoming fat, or staying that way, drives Americans to spend more on dieting every year than we spend on video games or movies. Forty-five percent of adults say they’re preoccupied with their weight some or all of the time—an 11-point rise since 1990. Nearly half of 3- to 6- year old girls say they worry about being ...
A study, involving more than 12,000 people tracked over 32 years, found that social networks play a surprisingly powerful role in determining an individual's chances of gaining weight, transmitting an increased risk of becoming obese from wives to husbands, from brothers to brothers and from friends to friends.
In 2022, over 1 billion people lived with obesity worldwide (879 million adults and 159 million children), representing more than a double of adult cases (and four times higher than cases among children) registered in 1990. [7] [19] Obesity is more common in women than in men. [1] Today, obesity is stigmatized in most of the world. Conversely ...
If your scale says your weight went up overnight, you might wonder: Can you gain weight in one day? Experts give 11 reasons you seemed to gain weight overnight.