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Frailty or frailty syndrome refers to a state of health in which older adults gradually lose their bodies' in-built reserves and functioning. This makes them more vulnerable, less able to recover and even apparently minor events (infections, environmental changes) can have drastic impacts on their physical and mental health.
Losing Weight after 40: 8 Strategies for Weight Loss Gaining weight as you age is normal. Losing weight after 40 can be tricky, with metabolism changes and an evolving lifestyle, among other factors.
Experts say that recent, unexplained weight loss is a "well-known phenomenon" associated with cancer. But other health conditions can cause weight loss as well.
Using the body mass index as a measure of weight-related health, with data from 2014, age-standardised global prevalence of underweight in women and men were 9.7% and 8.8%, respectively. These values were lower than what was reported for 1975 as 14.6% and 13.8%, respectively, indicating a worldwide reduction in the extent of undernutrition.
Intentional weight loss is the loss of total body mass as a result of efforts to improve fitness and health, or to change appearance through slimming. Weight loss is the main treatment for obesity, [1] [2] [3] and there is substantial evidence this can prevent progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes with a 7–10% weight loss and manage cardiometabolic health for diabetic people with a ...
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Golfer's vasculitis is commonly associated with warm weather and prolonged physical activity involving high impact or weight-bearing, which is why it is also sometimes known as "exercise-induced vasculitis", "exercise-induced purpura" or "golfer's purpura".
We meet some of the first NHS patients, as expert says funding everyone eligible would "bankrupt" the service.