Motorcyclist dies at crash scene
POLICE are investigating after a biker was killed in a two-vehicle accident outside Aberystwyth.
The fatal collision happened along the B4576 between Llanfarian and Llangwyrfon on Friday, April 29, before just 3.15pm.
Officers revealed the biker, 62, was travelling on a silver Honda motorcycle but died at the scene after suffering fatal injuries in the collision with the black BMW.
The driver of the BMW is helping police with their inquiries.
Anyone who saw what happened or has dash-camera footage is asked to contact Dyfed-Powys Police quoting reference DP-20220429-251.
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Meanwhile, a separate study published at the conference found that the impact of losing or gaining weight on serious health problems among obese people depends on their starting body mass index.
The study, led by Professor Kamlesh Khunti, from the Diabetes Research Centre at the University of Leicester, examined data on 422,642 adults in the UK with obesity between 2001 and 2010.
The researchers compared how the risk of developing 13 obesityrelated complications – including sleep apnoea, high blood pressure, blood clots, heart attacks, asthma and depression – were affected by a change in weight.
Participants were tracked for an average of seven years. Weight loss appeared to affect patients with lower and higher BMI scores differently.
For heart attack, irregular heart rhythm and heart failure, those with the highest initial BMI (of 50) got the greatest benefit from weight loss.
But for other conditions, losing weight appeared to reap more benefit for people with a BMI of 30. People with a BMI of 30 who lost around a fifth of their body weight had a 56% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but the risk only fell by 39% for those who had a BMI of 50.