More Risk of Dementia with a Big Belly

Posted on March 29, 2008
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Are you apple-shaped or pear-shaped? If you ever listen to Dr Oz and others, you know the answer to this can actually have some bearing on your overall fitness.

In fact, carrying a signigicant amount of excess weight, especially in front, can lead to problems we may not even have considered before.

According to this article, “having a big belly in your 40s can boost your risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia decades later”.

We always knew being overweight led to a plethora of problems, diabetes, heart disease, just to name a couple, but according to this study, the chances of serious illnesses of the mind are vastly increased as well. This just adds to the list of reasons to stay fit.

The article goes on to say:

It’s not just about your weight. While previous research has found evidence that obesity in middle age raises the chances of developing dementia later, the new work found a separate risk from storing a lot of fat in the abdomen. Even people who weren’t overweight were susceptible.

That abdominal fat, sometimes described as making people apple-shaped rather than pear-shaped, has already been linked to higher risk of developing diabetes, stroke and heart disease.
Now we can add dementia to that.

The study itself and resulting statistics will definitely get your attention. You can read the rest of the article here



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