How dieting could leave you looking slender but older
Posted on 31. Mar, 2009 by Steve W. in Diet & Nutrition
Dieting might make your figure trimmer but it can also give you an older face, doctors warn.
Research shows that being thin is what ages us most, with plump cheeks and soft features making us appear younger.
So strong is the link that the loss of 10lb – around a dress size – can age a woman by four years.
U.S. researchers made the link between weight and perceived age after studying the body mass index of 200 pairs of identical female twins for two years.
Researcher Dr Bahaman Guyuron said: ‘A BMI higher by four points was found to result in a younger appearance of between two and four years in women over 40 years old.’
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