"The lesson for all of us is that everyone should try to maintain a healthy weight and for those already obese the best thing is to lose weight," said John Mathers, professor of human nutrition at Newcastle University.
"However, for many patients this can be very difficult so a simple aspirin may be able to help this group."
The team of researchers is now readying a follow-up trial for which they want to recruit 3,000 participants around the world to test the effect of various doses of aspirin. afp