Middle Age Spread: Getting Fatter But Not Heavier

More stupid, useless, wasteful research.

This one should really prove to you just how little the experts understand about this stuff and what a terrible frittering away of research resources most of this crap truly is.

"Researchers have discovered that middle age spread seems to have an effect on waistlines but not weight as people get older. "

There is no "discovery" here.

This is simply how it works and has always worked.

Here is the explanation:

Fat is the most concentrated storage form of Calories in the body. Storing 3500 Calories as fat only adds one pound to the body.

Storing 600 Calories as muscle adds about one pound to your body.

One pound of fat occupies more space than one pound of muscle.

"'As people get older it seems that their bodies change… they lose muscle and get fatter - this explains why middle-age spread might not be reflected on the bathroom scales.'"

Duh. Just explained it to you, stupid.

Next time, ask me first and save the research money for something useful. That is, if you can figure out how to do useful research.

"The researchers carried out a nine-year study of 1044 people aged either 39 or 59 in 1991. The height, waist circumference and weight of each participant was measured in 1991, 1995 and 2000, and used to measure changes in body mass index over time."

Nine years to "discover"what is already known.

Here's a tip. There is no such thing as "mini-starvation mode" so don't go researching that.

Repeat the mantra, "The experts cannot be believed. The experts cannot be believed."