Gain Pounds as You Age?
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Wasn’t the USDA the same government agency that told us in its 1990 Dietary Guidelines that we could gain a few extra pounds as we got older without risking our health? Didn’t millions of aging baby boomers breathe a sigh of relief as they drove their Jeep Cherokees to the department store to stock up on Dockers relaxed fit slacks? The fact is that the guidelines are based on science. And in the 1990 guidelines, the higher weights were due to recent research that suggested that people could gain wieght as they age. We gave a little warning at the time that, hey folks, this might change indeed.