"Managing Your Weight As You Age" -Reshmi Srinath, MD
It’s time to face this simple but annoying fact: as we age our metabolism slows down. By our 30th birthday, it’s already started to decline, writes Reshmi Srinath, MD, director of the weight and metabolism management program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “As we gain weight the risk of chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea and certain cancers increases. Age-related aches and pains, genetics, use of certain chronic medications associated with weight gain and 24 hour/day food delivery services make it easy to see why half of all New Yorkers are either overweight or obese and are struggling to take off the pounds.” Dr. Srinath offers some strategies for weight loss success.
-Reshmi Srinath, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Director, Weight and Metabolism Management Program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai