Modest weight gain, just 5kgs, may put you at risk of diseases. Photos: 123rf.com
Most adults gain weight as they age, but adding as little as five kilograms by middle age may substantially raise the risk of major illnesses, researchers said recently.
Harvard University scientists found that even modest weight gain in adulthood "was associated with a significantly elevated incidence of a composite measure of major chronic diseases, consisting of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and nontraumatic death," said the report in the Journal Of The American Medical Association.
