Losing weight ‘ups risk of death’ among healthy older patients

The risk of death increased regardless of baseline weight, researchers found.
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Healthy older adults who lose more than 10% of their body weight are more than twice as likely to die from any cause compared with those with stable weight, Australian researchers report.

This mortality risk was particularly pronounced among elderly men, who had a 3.9-fold greater all-cause mortality risk irrespective of baseline weight.