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Hitting the news stands today.
jamanetwork.com
This study finds that a 5 % loss in weight in elderly men over 65 was positiviely associated with a signficant rise in early mortality.
This is a general looksee of health records, and does not take into account lifestyle factors. so it is not clear if this is just that weight loss is a trigger of mortality or is simply a marker of impending doom.
So, would taking the ND diet or similar VLC diet per ex be harmful to a man over the hill (>65)? It seems to be dose dependant, so the risk following 5% weight loss is 33%, but becomes 289% with weight losss of 10%. So ND at 15% sounds very dodgy. Thats why I post this in General Chat. Its not IMO showing a causal effect, but a possible marker of other problems. But lifestyle should not have been ignored IMO
Association of Change in Body Size With Mortality
This cohort study uses data from the Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly clinical trial to examine the associations of changes in body weight and waist circumference with all-cause and cause-specific mortality.
jamanetwork.com
This is a general looksee of health records, and does not take into account lifestyle factors. so it is not clear if this is just that weight loss is a trigger of mortality or is simply a marker of impending doom.
So, would taking the ND diet or similar VLC diet per ex be harmful to a man over the hill (>65)? It seems to be dose dependant, so the risk following 5% weight loss is 33%, but becomes 289% with weight losss of 10%. So ND at 15% sounds very dodgy. Thats why I post this in General Chat. Its not IMO showing a causal effect, but a possible marker of other problems. But lifestyle should not have been ignored IMO
