Losing excess weight in midlife may restore cardiovascular health, new research reported by The Guardian suggests.

The finding challenges the idea that heart damage from extra weight is locked in by middle age.

People who lost weight in middle age had heart health profiles closer to those who were never overweight.

Excess abdominal fat drives inflammation, higher blood pressure, worse cholesterol and insulin resistance.

Cardiovascular disease remains the world’s leading killer, and excess weight is a key modifiable risk.

Cardiovascular disease strikes earlier in South Asian populations than in many others.

Experts stress gradual, sustainable weight loss rather than crash dieting.

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