Actually, I think this deserves its own thread.

“A growing body of literature has…..highlighted that: (1) a dynamic measure capturing weight status changes (e.g., weight loss, large weight gain) is more predictive of disease and mortality than a static measure of weight status (e.g., baseline BMI) ; (2) obesity increases the risk of mortality more profoundly when it persists over the life course ; and (3) attributable mortality risk due to obesity is larger when using obesity trajectories rather than a static measure of obesity . These literatures are insightful in emphasizing the importance of dynamic BMI history on health and mortality, but life-course BMI dynamics have remained poorly characterized and it remains unclear how such dynamics relate to health and mortality.”

https://sci-hub.mksa.top/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.01.003

(I wonder if the mention of BMI in the topic will draw Rule out…)

I mean it’s not surprising that more data is more predictive than less data.

“a Growing body..”

nice

I friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, and her oncologist told her that she was much more likely to have a good outcome following chemotherapy, as her weight (although ideal at the time) had not been fluctuating throughout the years.