Obesity is Found to Take Toll after Age 40

Obesity is Found to Take Toll after Age 40: Although obesity has been linked to Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, new findings suggest that it may not take effect until after age 40. Researchers compared the medications taken by normal weight, overweight, and obese Americans who participated in National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys from 1988-1994 and 2003-2006. Survey participants included 8,880 men and 9,071 women. Obese people of all ages took slightly more medications than those of normal weight, but the greatest differences were among adults 40 years and older. Among men aged 40 to 54, 60% of obese men were on medication, compared with slightly less than 40% of men of average weight. International Journal of Obesity, June 2010