Losing just 5% of your body weight in middle age can reduce inflammation, lower the risk of stroke and make your heart as healthy as if you had never gained weight, research suggests.

Like yeah no shit lose weight = healthy but I think the 5% marker is the more useful tidbit.

[–] 13igtyme@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

5% is actually quite a lot. BMI charts aren't the most accurate because of the weight of muscle, but look at the categories. 25% is just crossing from normal to overweight. Add another 5% and 30% is now obese.

To me the 5% number isn't eye opening.

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I dunno if you told me “Hey if you’re 250 lbs and you lose 12.5 lbs your health will improve drastically” I’d say that’s pretty eye opening.

Different strokes for different folks though.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

did you miss the 'body positivity' movement? 'healthy at any weight', etc.