The Washington Post (1/26, Timsit) reports, “A new study of more than 29,000 older adults” has identified six “healthy lifestyle factors” that are tied to “a lower risk of dementia and a slower rate of memory decline.” The study revealed that “eating a balanced diet, exercising the mind and body regularly, having regular contact with others, and not drinking or smoking…were associated with better cognitive outcomes in older adults, in a large Chinese study conducted over a decade.”
According to MedPage Today (1/26, George), the study found that “memory decline was slower for older adults who had a healthy lifestyle, even for people with high genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease,” that is, for people with the APOE ε4 allele. The findings were published online in the BMJ.
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