Middle age spread is real. Adults gain an average of about a pound a year as they age.  But there are changes that can be made along the way to help stop this ‘creeping obesity’. 

If you were to ask a group of 40-somethings if they have more trouble managing their weight now than they did when they were in their 20s, you’d likely hear a chorus of ‘yeses’ in response.  They know all too well the meaning of “middle age spread” (which always sounds to me like margarine that’s been in the refrigerator too long) –  the slow, steady march towards a thicker waistline that seems to go hand-in-hand with getting older.  Many of my middle-aged patients consider this ‘creeping obesity’ to be inevitable – something that just  “happens to everybody” and is therefore completely out of their control.  But is it?
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