To slim as you age, pile on the weights at the gym

New York

TRYING to stay trim as you age? Surprisingly, if you're cutting calories to lose weight, adding weights to your weight-loss regimen could be more effective than beginning a walking programme, according to a new study that adds to growing evidence that weight training is important for vigorous ageing.

Successful weight loss is never easy, as most of us know from experience, and becomes more difficult with age. Instead of losing or maintaining weight as we grow older, most of us gain a pound or two each year during middle age.