A new study suggests early age obesity has life-long effects, especially as we approach our golden years.

Extra pounds in midlife affect mobility as a senior – USATODAY.com

It seems that being obese at a young age will come back and haunt you later in life as mobility problems. Regardless of if and when you lose those unwanted pounds, the damage inflicted on your body does not go away.

Being obese in your mid-20’s caused mobility problems later in life even for those individuals who lost that unwanted weight later in life.

Excess weight can put stress on joints, make exercise difficult, and lead to chronic conditions such as diabetes, arthritis and heart disease — all of which are directly related to the development of mobility problems

This is just another reason to be proactive in the ‘battle of the bulge’.

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