For men, weight gain and obesity are longtime, well-known villains, linked to all sorts of increased health risks from cardiovascular disease to joint failure.

But being thin may be problematic, too. A new Norwegian study suggests that men who have low weight in middle age and who reduce their weight as they age increase their chance of suffering osteoporosis and bone fractures.

"Low weight among middle-aged men was related to the risk of osteoporosis three decades later, a ...

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