(Science Daily) Individuals with higher mid-life Body Mass Index (BMI) in the 1960s have been found to have lower memory and thinking skills and a sharper decline in these abilities in old age, compared to those with lower BMI in mid-life…
“We have extended this knowledge and shown that being overweight or obese in mid-life also negatively affects memory and thinking skills independent of dementia. Moreover, these skills decline more rapidly in old age among those who were overweight or obese in mid-life,” writes Anna Dahl in an article published in the Journal of Gerontology.
Community: If any of you has access to this journal and has the time to look at the original article, it would be helpful to know if there are any ameliorating factors. For example, does a change to a healthier lifestyle change the likely outcome?
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