New explanation for middle-age weight gain
&quot;While we await the results, the best course to help fight that middle-age spread hasn’t changed. Eat right and follow an exercise plan that you know you can stick to—it will make you feel better. Take it from me, a guy who decided eight years ago that it was time to shape up, stopped eating honey buns, got into a regular exercise program with a trainer to keep me accountable, and lost those 30 pounds. You can do it, even without a DNA-PK inhibitor!&quot;<p>I&#x27;m glad the article finished with the above paragraph because while the study is interesting, Americans don&#x27;t seem to have unique physical traits that cause them to gain weight, we just don&#x27;t have healthy habits.  I wonder what the weight gain in the same time period is in different regions of the world