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An increased risk of dementia with obesity
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An Increased Risk of Dementia With Obesity
Obese and overweight people can be at a high risk of developing dementia.
This fact has been
supported by a scientific study, which further reiterates that brain tissue loss in obese and...
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An Increased Risk of Dementia With Obesity
Obese and overweight people can be at a high risk of developing dementia.
This fact has been
supported by a scientific study, which further reiterates that brain tissue loss in obese and overweight
people can lead to dementia.
Go through this article to know how slimming pills can help lose weight.
Brain shrinkage and dementia linked to obesity
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a study that suggested a gene linked to
obesity may be associated to dementia also.
Obese people in their late 40s have a 74% increased risk of
developing dementia as compared to those with healthy weight.
A link between middle-age obesity and development of
Alzheimer s disease has already been established by
scientific studies.
But a pattern of diminished brain
volume has been noticed in a 3-D brain mapping of a
number of elderly people.
These people were also
carriers of a specific type of gene known as fat mass
and obesity-associate
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