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Most people gain weight when they reach middle age, but some manage to remain trim.
It may be as simple as eating more vegetables and laying off the sugar. Researchers at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta surveyed nearly 80,000 healthy people when they were 40 to 54 years old, and followed up ten years later. About 50,000 of the participants had gained weight over that time, while 25,000 had kept off the extra pounds. People who ate red meat more than three times a week were more likely to put on weight. Sugar is another villain in the battle of the bulge.