Drug Topics March 10, 2025
Among postmenopausal women, researchers explored associations between intentional weight loss and waist circumference (WC) reduction and mortality.
The intentional weight-loss efforts of postmenopausal women were associated with a reduction in all-cause mortality risk, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.1 With waist circumference (WC) reduction being the key indicator of lower mortality in the study, researchers suggested that weight may not be the preferred measurement for older women’s bodies.
“Globally, 2.6 billion people live with overweight or obesity,” wrote authors of the study. “In the United States, the age-adjusted prevalence of obesity among adults is 42%, and it is 44% among women 60 years or older. The increasing prevalence of obesity is concerning because obesity raises the risk of...
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