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Losing as little as 5kg, the equivalent of about one dress size, can age a woman by four years, a new study reported. Meanwhile, having plump cheeks and soft features helps maintain an air of youth, scientists discovered.
American researchers made the link between weight and perceived age after studying the body mass index of 200 pairs of identical female twins for two years. Researcher Bahaman Guyuron said: “A BMI higher by four points was found to result in a younger appearance of between two and four years in women over 40 years old.”
In some cases, this meant that a difference in weight of as little as 5kg added four years to a woman’s appearance, the British newspaper Daily Telegraph reported. Divorce was also found to take its toll on appearance, as married or single people were found to look younger than those who have suffered a break-up.
Suffering from depression, smoking, drinking and sunbathing, also tainted people’s youthful looks, the study concluded.