date:Aug 15, 2018
increases risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes -- three of the country's most lethal health problems. By contrast, those who lost more than 20 percent lowered their odds by 53 percent.
But the study, among the first at such a large nationally representative level, also revealed how hard Americans find it to lose any weight at all. Despite trying, nearly two-thirds (62 percent) of participants, with an average age of 44, were unable to lose between 5 and 10 percent -- the recommended targe