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Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 72-year-old man in good health. I have lost about 12 pounds in the past year, with no explanation. Im 5 feet, 9 1/2 inches tall, and my morning weight has dropped from 166-168 pounds to 154-156 pounds. It is still slowly falling.

I eat well, and Ive exercised an hour every other day for 36 years. Ive had on-and-off atrial fibrillation for 14 years, with two ablations, but since I began flecainide two years ago, no more episodes. I also take 10 mg simvastatin and 1,000 mg vitamin D3 daily.

My doctor did bloodwork and ordered a full CT scan, but found nothing. Since the pandemic began, Ive been walking 3 miles every other day, alternating with my days on the stationary bike at home. The doctor thinks I may be burning more calories than Im eating, but I doubt it.

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Would you have any ideas? I was a skinny child, and I weighed just 126 pounds or so into my mid-20s, until I got married. So maybe Im just returning to the high basal metabolism of my youth.

D.S.

Dear D.S.: Unexplained weight loss should be taken seriously, especially in an older person. Getting bloodwork and a CT scan is a reasonable start, but there are some additional issues that should be considered.

Your doctor is right to think about energy intake as well as energy expenditure. The first to do is to see how many calories you are eating. A careful food diary can accomplish this. People with major depression and other neurologic and psychiatric illnesses sometimes eat very little, and these should be carefully explored.

Sometimes, the body cannot absorb calories properly. Celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease are the most common, but there are others. The body may lose calories; diabetes causes sugar to come out through the urine. Some infections can cause profound weight loss, such as tuberculosis consumption is an old name for this disease HIV, viral hepatitis and parasites.

Your metabolism might indeed be high, but that is not a normal condition of aging. Overactive thyroid disease is a condition your doctor has probably already looked for.

Medications are an uncommon cause of weight loss. Flecainide has been reported to cause weight loss in 1% to 3% of users. Some supplements can cause weight loss, too.

Cancer leaps to the mind for many when they hear about weight loss. Colon cancer and prostate cancer should be considered in any 72-year-old man, but especially with weight loss. The CT scan, if it included chest, abdomen and pelvis, should have found lung, kidney or pancreatic cancers, which all are frequently associated with weight loss.

Since your weight loss continues, its time for a more thorough re-evaluation. Your youthful basal metabolism probably hasnt just returned.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a small-boned 80-year-old woman who was just advised to begin osteoporosis treatments. At age 80, will the medication actually slow down my bone loss, or am I too old to see any better results from next years bone density test? Im very active, ride an exercise bike 3 miles and walk a treadmill 1 mile at least five days a week. I also take four daily tablets of Citracal+D3 tablets.

S.M.

Dear S.M.: You are not too old to benefit from treatment of osteoporosis. Plus, the exercise you do will certainly continue to help your bones and the rest of you.

Bone density changes slowly. It may take two years to be sure of the benefits, but that doesnt mean you arent getting benefits as soon as you start the medicine.

Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu.

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While theres been a lot of talk about the quarantine 15, otherwise known as the extra pounds easily packed on while stuck at home, Wendy Williams just opened up about the 25-pound impact the pandemic has had on her as in 25 pounds lost.

On Monday, the 56-year-old kicked off season 12 of her eponymous talk show and revealed that, even though she didnt plan on it, lockdown left her with a new, leaner look.

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Ive lost 25 pounds look! she told her audience. And I didnt do it on purpose. Its just that food became disgusting to me.

According to Williams, she started cutting back and dropping pounds after a period of overindulgence.

I was cooking at first and it was all good, I was shoveling stuff in my mouth, she said. Everything from hot dogs to lobster, you know, king crab legs all that stuff.

Fans who follow her on Instagram got a glimpse of many of those meals, but Williams got tired of seeing her own fully loaded plates.

Then it became, Im done with food, she recalled.

Or at least she was done with the frequent hot dogs and lobster dinners for a while and she doesnt even miss them, since losing weight led her to gain a new appreciation for her waistline.

The radio talent-turned-TV talker said that she wasnt even aware she was shedding pounds at all until she had to step on a scale before a recent routine colonoscopy.

(The doctor) told me the weight, and I was like, I havent weighed this little since high school! she raved. Uh-huh!

Williams, who in January confirmed her divorce from her second husband, Kevin Hunter, was finalized, said that she feels really good now, except for one thing.

Im just alone in my romance, she explained to sympathetic groans from the audience. Then, with a look of resilience she added, Oh, well. Dont you worry, because (Mr. Right) might be watching right now.

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If you are overweight, you dont necessarily have to lose weight in order to live longer.

But you probably need to change your diet.

Research has shown that people with high body mass index (BMI) are at significantly higher risk of all-cause mortality than those who have lower BMI.

High BMI accounts for more than 4 million deaths annually, with more than two-thirds of those deaths due to cardiovascular disease.

This data is considered crucial since 42 percent of people in the United States are clinically obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

However, a new study led by Dr. Karl Michalsson, a researcher at Uppsala University in Sweden, concludes that people classified as obese can reduce mortality risk to the same level as people with lower BMI by switching to a healthier, Mediterranean-style diet.

The Mediterranean diet favors nutrient-dense foods such as fruits and vegetables, legumes, nuts, unrefined or high-fiber grains, fish, and olive oil over red meat and processed foods.

The study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, tracked 79,003 Swedish adults with a mean baseline age of 61 for 21 years. During the study period, 30,389 people died.

Researchers found that overweight individuals who best complied with a Mediterranean diet were the least likely to die.

In fact, obese individuals with the healthiest diets were no more likely to die than those people with moderate weight and healthy diets.

Individuals with a normal BMI but unhealthy diets also had a higher mortality rate than those with moderate weight who had healthier, Mediterranean-style diets.

Diet was found to be such a strong predictor of mortality risk that the older people in the study who had moderate weight but an unhealthy diet were reported by researchers as the most likely to die during the study period even more than people with obesity who ate poorly.

My view is that it is advisable not to make recommendations based on a single study, even if it is my own, but our results indicate that eating healthy is beneficial independent of the relative body weight, at least in later years of life, Michalsson told Healthline.

While cardiovascular mortality associated with high BMI was reduced by adherence to a Mediterranean diet, it was not eliminated, researchers said.

Moreover, lower BMI did not counter the elevated cardiovascular mortality associated with an unhealthier diet.

These results indicate that adherence to healthy diets such as a Mediterranean-like diet may be a more appropriate focus than avoidance of obesity for the prevention of overall mortality, the study concluded. Nonetheless, a healthy diet may not completely counter higher [cardiovascular] mortality related with obesity.

Dr. Dexter Shurney, the chief medical officer and president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, told Healthline that the study findings square with the experience of treating people with type 2 diabetes, who can reverse their condition by adopting a healthier diet even without losing weight.

The same has been shown to be true of people with obesity who have received bariatric surgery, he said.

Even if you are not reaching your weight loss goals, following a healthy diet provides numerous other invaluable benefits to your entire body, Bansari Acharya, a registered dietitian and nutritionist at foodlove.com, told Healthline. A healthy diet consists of a diet that is rich in fruits and vegetables, nuts, adequate water, legumes, lentils, omega-3 fatty acids, lean protein, and low in saturated fats, trans fats, and processed foods.

Especially for cardiovascular health, the components in fruits and vegetables, most importantly, fiber and B vitamins, aid in healthy arteries by helping to ease cholesterol, she added. Additionally, obtaining an adequate amount of omega-3 fatty acids, which is found in walnuts, flaxseeds, chia seeds, and fatty fish, is crucial for cardiovascular health.

Shurney said that people who switch to a Mediterranean-style diet almost inevitably will lose weight.

If you eat more calorie-dense foods whole potatoes rather than potato chips, for example the weight loss will almost take care of itself, he said. You can actually eat more and weigh less.

Even if you dont shed the pounds, At the end of the day, the amount of weight you lose should not be the only indicator of how healthy your body is at a cellular level, said Acharya.

You could be losing weight through unhealthy means such as by severely restricting your calories, which may deplete you from essential nutrients, further harming your cardiovascular health even while losing weight, she said. However, when you incorporate healthy, nutritious, and wholesome foods in your diet, at a cellular level they are helping you regenerate healthy cells and fight off or prevent damage to existing cells.

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 72-year-old man in good health. I have lost about 12 pounds in the past year, with no explanation. I'm 5 feet, 9 1/2 inches tall, and my morning weight has dropped from 166-168 pounds to 154-156 pounds. It is still slowly falling.

I eat well, and I've exercised an hour every other day for 36 years. I've had on-and-off atrial fibrillation for 14 years, with two ablations, but since I began flecainide two years ago, no more episodes. I also take 10 mg simvastatin and 1,000 mg vitamin D3 daily.

My doctor did bloodwork and ordered a full CT scan, but found nothing. Since the pandemic began, I've been walking 3 miles every other day, alternating with my days on the stationary bike at home. The doctor thinks I may be burning more calories than I'm eating, but I doubt it.

Would you have any ideas? I was a skinny child, and I weighed just 126 pounds or so into my mid-20s, until I got married. So maybe I'm just returning to the high basal metabolism of my youth. -- D.S.

ANSWER: Unexplained weight loss should be taken seriously, especially in an older person. Getting bloodwork and a CT scan is a reasonable start, but there are some additional issues that should be considered.

Your doctor is right to think about energy intake as well as energy expenditure. The first to do is to see how many calories you are eating. A careful food diary can accomplish this. People with major depression and other neurologic and psychiatric illnesses sometimes eat very little, and these should be carefully explored.

Sometimes, the body cannot absorb calories properly. Celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease are the most common, but there are others. The body may lose calories; diabetes causes sugar to come out through the urine. Some infections can cause profound weight loss, such as tuberculosis -- "consumption" is an old name for this disease -- HIV, viral hepatitis and parasites.

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Your metabolism might indeed be high, but that is not a normal condition of aging. Overactive thyroid disease is a condition your doctor has probably already looked for.

Medications are an uncommon cause of weight loss. Flecainide has been reported to cause weight loss in 1% to 3% of users. Some supplements can cause weight loss, too.

Cancer leaps to the mind for many when they hear about weight loss. Colon cancer and prostate cancer should be considered in any 72-year-old man, but especially with weight loss. The CT scan, if it included chest, abdomen and pelvis, should have found lung, kidney or pancreatic cancers, which all are frequently associated with weight loss.

Since your weight loss continues, it's time for a more thorough re-evaluation. Your youthful basal metabolism probably hasn't just returned.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a small-boned 80-year-old woman who was just advised to begin osteoporosis treatments. At age 80, will the medication actually slow down my bone loss, or am I too old to see any better results from next year's bone density test? I'm very active, ride an exercise bike 3 miles and walk a treadmill 1 mile at least five days a week. I also take four daily tablets of Citracal+D3 tablets. -- S.M.

ANSWER: You are not too old to benefit from treatment of osteoporosis. Plus, the exercise you do will certainly continue to help your bones and the rest of you.

Bone density changes slowly. It may take two years to be sure of the benefits, but that doesn't mean you aren't getting benefits as soon as you start the medicine.

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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Tituss Burgess made a few arrangements during the COVID-19 pandemic!

On Sunday, Burgess took to Instagram to show off his slimmed-down look. Rocking a Lee Rickie Collection track outfit for his first look of the night, he wrote on Instagram, Emmys @ Home.

In response to the photo, his co-star Ellie Kemper wrote, WHATTTTTTTT .

Tituss, 41, opened up about his weight loss during an interview with E!s Emmys 2020 pre-show. He shared, The one thing I wanted to do during this time off was have some nip tucks because my weight has gone up and down. After that happens the skin gets a little saggy or whatever, so I got that st cut off, and this is the result.

Stressing he has nothing to hide, Tituss joked that hes still working on getting abs.

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This year, Burgess is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role as Titus Andromedon in the Netflix film Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend. It is his fifth Emmy nomination.

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Do you ever wish you could sleep in or go to bed earlier? According to the CDC, 1 in 3 adults is sleep deprived and not getting the proper amount of sleep every night. So if you answered yes, you're not alone. Less sleep could also be hurting weight loss. The CDC says that if the body mass index (BMI) is above 30, the person is considered to have obesity. And according to a new study, people with a BMI above 30 slept only 15 minutes less than those with a BMI under 30.

The research was published in JAMA Internal Medicine in mid-September and looked at two year's worth of sleep for over 120,000 people. It found that the average night's sleep lasted for around 6 hours and 47 minutes. However, it also found that "shorter sleep duration and greater sleep variability were both associated with higher BMI." (For more on healthy eating, while awake of course, check out the 21 Best Healthy Cooking Hacks of All Time.)

Participant's sleep patterns were tracked on apps and fitness trackers like the Apple Watch and Fitbit. Naps were not included in the study, and height and weight was self-reported. Other health conditions weren't considered, either. The study notes that people who wear tracking watches or devices tend to be "of higher socioeconomic status, younger, and healthier, and these our results might not generalize to other populations."

The authors also say that "While we cannot determine the direction of association from our study result, these findings provide further support to the notion that sleep patterns are associated with weight management and overall health."

There is another reason why sleeping even just 15 minutes less a night can have negative effects on weight loss. Simply being awake longer means you could consume more calories. Getting fewer zzz's is also linked to a ghrelin hormone spike and a leptin hormone dip, which causes hunger. It's also harder to reject cravings when we're tired, according to CNN.

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New Delhi: If youve put on some weight during the coronavirus pandemic, youre not alone. Weight gain has been highlighted as one of the indirect side effects of the lockdown and other measures put in place to help curb the spread of COVID-19 disease. While many of us started the year with intense fitness resolutions to lose or maintain weight loss, unfortunately, we were greeted with a lockdown period that put a complete stop to our regular fitness regimen. Eating and snacking at any time, the casual binge while working from home might have added to a few inches around the belly area. But fret not, theres a lot of things you can do instead of worrying about weight gain.

Whether it is being overweight or sudden gain of fat around the waistline, both require immediate attention as health is of utmost priority at the moment and preparing to go back to normal denotes getting our health and fitness back on track. Fat around the waist, also known as central obesity, not only impacts your self-image but overall health as well. Abdominal obesity increases your chances of developing lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and hypertension. Having a trim waistline is a desirable trait and these holistic tips from a nutritionist can help reduce your weight and belly fat.

Here are a few tips suggested by nutritionist Sheryl Salis, RD, CDE, that will help you lose weight and reduce belly fat:

Did you know that stress causes an increase in abdominal fat? When a person is stressed, the body releases a hormone known as cortisol which helps the body control stress. However, this hormone also increases the storage of fat around the abdominal area leading to an increased waistline. Also, during stress, it is often observed that people reach out for comfort food, a habit known as stress eating, which adds to the weight gain.

To overcome stressful times, one can practice yoga and meditation. Simple breathing exercises help calm the mind and relax the body. Yoga asanas such as Vajrasana facilitates digestion and relieves constipation while the Kapalbhati pose aids in digestion and regular practice is shown beneficial for loss of belly fat.

Eating outside food is more tempting than eating food prepared at home. Ordering in food regularly not only causes a dent to your pocket but can also impact your health adversely. Eating home-cooked meals and eating right will enable you to achieve your health goals of reducing weight and abdominal girth. Include these foods in your daily diet regularly to manage weight:

Excessive sodium intake causes the body to retain excess water weight, making it difficult to achieve a flat tummy. Similarly, consumption of sugar especially when added to drinks leads to weight gain and other health problems. Refined foods go through several stages of industrial processes which reduces the nutritional value of the food. Refined foods are devoid of fibre and increase blood glucose and triglyceride levels. Therefore, excess consumption of these ingredients allows the body to store and accumulate fat especially around the waist

A disciplined lifestyle includes exercising regularly. Simply eating clean will not reduce your waistline, it is important to pick a fun form of workout you enjoy like zumba, swimming, cycling or other cardio activities. Surya namaskar is also very good to keep the body fit and agile. It is recommended to do 150 mins/week of physical activity to maintain weight and 300 mins/per week to lose weight.

Sleep is often disregarded as an important factor when it comes to weight loss, although it is just as important as your diet and exercise. Not getting enough sleep makes you feel lethargic, increases food cravings and calorie intake, and decreases resting metabolism. Therefore, getting about 7-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep is an essential component to shrink the waistline.

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As one of the biggest rappers in music, Rick Ross is always hustling. But its not just in the recording studio where hes busy perfecting his craft (his newest music video, "Pinned to the Cross" from his upcoming album Richer Than I Ever Been, just came out)hes also working on perfecting his health.

Standing in the kitchen of his expansive Miami home, the rapper took Mens Health on a tour of his gym and fridge to give an inside look on how hes keeping in shape. The first thing he notes is he always has Pellegrino, Aquafina, Perrier and CTRL protein shakes floating in any of his three fridges (yes, you read that right). While he begins his day with a glass of ros wine and an egg omelette with sausage, hes also adamant with staying on track, as hes gone through a major weight loss transformation over the years.

I think what truly inspired [my weight loss] was me suffering my first seizure, he says. After I did that, I began to spend some more time looking at myself, taking care of myself, investing in myself. I realized I had to change my diet and my sleeping habits. Here we are.

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With that transformation came eliminating some previously bad eating habits, like steaks at all hours of the day and trips to Wing Stop for a 10-piece lemon pepper wing special. While those are now treated as personal rewards, Ross also found the best way to stay on his health journey was to meal prep the day before consumption, especially while performing on the road.

If you invest a little time into it, it wont be as difficult versus you getting up, flying out, landing and wondering what to eat, he explains about his new philosophy. Youre always going to come up short, straight up.

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After eating his breakfast, its a little trip to Ross massive home gym, RossFit. While he tries to get a workout every day, he feels satisfied if he can get something done 3-4 days a week. He also reveals his very simple goal for putting in all the exercise: his family. My fitness goal is just staying alive, staying healthy, watching my kids grow up, he explains. Other than that, Im already a sex symbol.

While Ross knows how working out is primarily about looking good for his fans, he does note that being in shape helps him out with stamina in the middle of performances as well. "Traveling is exercise, being on the stage is exercise, he says. I gotta be in shape and deliver whats really in my heart."

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