Scientists have found an unexpected reason for the sharp weight loss in older people – Health

Age loss hearing can lead to a decrease in body mass index and a decrease in the total amount of fat in the body, Sports.kz reports with reference to Hibiny.ru.

This conclusion was made by scientists from the University of Oulu after their research; their article was published in the journal Scientific Reports.

For the analysis, experts used the databases of the British Biobank and FinnGen, as well as data from the consortium of the Genetic Study of Anthropometric Characteristics. Scientists studied a sample of Europeans aged 52 to 63 years.

And they discovered an unexpected connection: age-related hearing loss affects body fat mass – it decreases.

Scientists advised that those who had a mass deficit before hearing loss should pay attention to this.