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| Sunday, 26 June 2005 10:47 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
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Doubts have been raised over the safety of dieting after researchers in Finland found that overweight people who diet often die at a younger age.
A study of 20,000 twins followed the participants desire to lose weight over a 24-year period. Twins were used because they are genetically identical and this allows environmental health influences to be easily identified.
Researchers first questioned the group in 1975 and then again in 1981, after which they monitored the mortality rate of the participants and the causes of death.
The results suggest that the physical and metabolic impacts of dieting could have a detrimental effect on health rather than a positive one.
Professor Jaakko Kaprio, of Helsinki University, said: “Losing weight seemed to be associated with higher mortality. One reason for this may be that when people diet to lose weight they lose fat-free tissue as well as fat.”
A report on the findings emphasised that for obese or overweight people with associated illnesses such as diabetes, the benefits of weight loss still outweigh any drawbacks.
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