Labor, and Welfare released a study group of its large-scale follow-up survey results of the investigation were surveyed for the changes in body weight within 5 years the relationship between mortality and disease.

Study Group on the Tokyo, Osaka and other 10 regions of 80 000 did not have cancer, heart disease and other diseases 40 to 69 age group 12 years to 15 years of follow-up survey found that middle age, body weight change of more than 5 kg body weight did not change with the crowd than the crowd, both men and women suffering from diseases such as cancer and heart disease risk of death increased from 1.3 to 1.7 times.

Study Group emphasized that weight loss greater risk when, as found in the case did not lose weight rapid weight down, may be health problems, should be early examination and treatment. Study Group on the body weight by 5 kg and 2.4 kg were compared within the population, the result is a weight loss of 5 kg or more of the men is 1.4 times the risk of death for women was 1.7 times the risk of death.

both men and women, the risk of cancer was 1.5 times. From the body point of view, people lean more than 5 kg weight loss, men the risk of death 2.1 times, 2.9 times for women. And women more than 5 kg weight gain, heart disease, stroke and other organ disease cycle will increase the risk of death 1.9 times.

(taken from the “Hong Kong Commercial Daily”)