Study: Older people with high BMI and big waistline may be more likely to have dementia

Newsweek (7/24, Gander) reports researchers found that older people “with a high BMI and a big waistline…could be more likely to have a sign of brain aging linked to dementia.” The findings were published in Neurology. Medscape (7/24, Anderson, Subscription Publication) reports the researchers found that “greater body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are associated with cortical thinning in the brain, especially in early old age.”

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— “Big waist and high BMI associated with brain thinning linked to dementia, “Kashmira Gander, Newsweek, July 24, 2019

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