USATODAY.com - Study: Being even a little overweight may shorten life:"People who were overweight at 50 (1-29 lbs over normal weight) had a 20% to 40% higher risk of death than normal-weight people ( Read more... )

Weight loss clue to dementia:The Mayo Clinic have found that women who develop dementia experience a drop in their weight as many as 10 years prior to the onset of memory loss."Among the women who did not go on to develop dementia, the average weight was 140lbs 30 years before the year of their peers' onset of dementia. At the ( Read more... )