Being overweight between 30 and 50 years of age can significantly increase the later risk of developing some form of dementia -Loss of mental faculties, such as Alzheimer's efermedad, more likely than weight people store procedures. This is indicated by a recent study published in the journal Neurology.
scientists analyzed data from more than 8,500 people over 65 years. A 350 were diagnosed with Alzheimer's or vascular dementia and 114 were likely to be exposed, reports British newspaper The Guardian. The researchers analyzed the records of height and weight of patients in previous decades and found that people who were overweight in middle age have a 80% greater risk than other of dementia later. And those who had a body mass index (BMI for its acronym in English) of 30 or more, ie, those that were obese, had about four times the risk of these diseases in later life.
According said Dr. Weili Xu of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, currently at 1,600 million people worldwide are overweight and in the U.S.. UU. and Europe more than 50% of adults are part of this group. The researcher says the findings help reveal to control or lose weight in middle age may reduce the risk of dementia. Doctors say that a healthy lifestyle can help reduce the risk of loss of mental faculties. RT.COM
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