Headline today ‘Losing weight may hasten death’

appetite naturally decreases with age, hence the importance of eating nutrient dense foods as we get older, in tandem with smaller appetite. I take no notice at all of bmi, I have muscles, in my legs and arms and they account for higher bmi

I don`t like the words slimmers and slimming. The fat people who are fat from too many pies etc know who they are and also know that this sort of fat is bad. Cutting out pies is sensible and will help to remove the bad excess body fat, provided there is enough activity to use up stored fat, people know that.

Articles like that in the op, click bait, should be targeted at the food industry which continues to make addictive, unhealthy products which are liable to shorten life

Yes, many old people lose weight in their latter years, but it can be for a variety of reasons - poorly fitting teeth, lack of appetite, reduced physical capacity for standing and cooking, isolation or indeed poor health.

But loosing weight this way can, and often does lead to the person concerned being undernourished and with an impaired immuns system that does increase their chances of getting some illnesses because they are malnourished or because they haven't the reserves to fight an infection, for example, if they get one.

In cancer, weight loss can happen in the last months before death and is a sign that the cancer is reaching the terminal stage.

Lilyflower

Apparently the study was somewhat misreported as the study was about ‘involuntary’ loss of weight, not weight lost through diets. Since sudden, unexpected weight loss usually happens due to an underlying cause such as cancer then the weight loss is a symptom not the cause of death in the sufferers.

Diet away, ladies, staying slim, healthy and active is the only way to stave off the Bad Stuff.

Exactly!

It was the illness behind the weight loss that killed people, not that they had lost weight..

Which was my point.