{"id":21523,"date":"2023-07-17T07:55:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T11:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21523"},"modified":"2023-07-17T07:55:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T11:55:23","slug":"in-older-adults-a-little-excess-weight-isnt-such-a-bad-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21523","title":{"rendered":"In Older Adults, a Little Excess Weight Isn\u2019t Such a Bad Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Judith Graham for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Millions of people enter later life carrying an extra 10 to 15 pounds, weight they\u2019ve gained after having children, developing joint problems, becoming less active, or making meals the center of their social lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should they lose this modest extra weight to optimize their health? This question has come to the fore with a new category of diabetes and weight loss drugs giving people hope they can shed excess pounds.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/in-older-adults-a-little-excess-weight-isnt-such-a-bad-thing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/in-older-adults-a-little-excess-weight-isnt-such-a-bad-thing\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF \u2014 the independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"17\" class=\"wp-image-21118\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image.png 500w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-300x34.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Judith Graham for KFF Health News) Millions of people enter later life carrying an extra 10 to 15 pounds,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,12],"tags":[92,770,94,518],"class_list":["post-21523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-health-care-general","tag-aging","tag-excess-weight","tag-older-adults","tag-weight-loss-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21524,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21523\/revisions\/21524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}