Posted on 11/23/2004 8:30:05 AM PST by gopwinsin04
Women who are obese have less chance of being brainy, doctors claimed yesterday. Medics have found that too much fat can cause loss of brain tissue.
The damage is to areas known as the temporal lobes, which control memory, speech and hearing. And the risk increases by 16 percent with every kilogram of excess weight.
Obesity could even trigger dimentia in older women, researchers discovered in a 24 year old study of Sweden.
Team leader Dr. Deborah Gustafson said: 'Fat is a risk for women. Other studies have reported similar things.'
More than a third of people are overweight. Researchers say obesity creates an excess of the hormone cortisol, which can cause tissue loss.
It is already recognized as a factor in heart disease, strokes and cancer.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
Settling in with popcorn...
That's why super-models are sooo fascinating to hang around. :)
They are also not as skinny.
Anna Nichole Smith lost 60 pounds and is still as smart as a bag of hammers.
Explain that one.
Ditto
i was going to make a comment about Mrs. Edwards right about now, but i think i'll just pass
After seeing the Swedish womens ski team, I would think being female and living large in Sweden would be a difficult life.
What's that I hear in the distance?
Could it be the sound of fat women racing to this thread to complain?
But fat women are less likely to have husband's that stray...
Does the Trim Spa kill the brain cells as well?
Watch it, Buddy. LOL!
This article must have been written by a very fat woman, because there is no such word as dimentia. What she must be referring to is dementia. </sarcasm>
But they make great opera singers.
Nope, Now I have an excuse for when I lock my keys in my car.
Anna Nichole Smith lost 60 pounds and is still as smart as a bag of hammers.
Explain that one.
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Well, Anna had her brains relocated..yes, divided in two parts, then implanted...I think that explains the medical side of it....(chuckle)
Hey, I saw your photo from the link on your page... you don't look fat to me!
Does the Trim Spa kill the brain cells as well?
Hmmmmm............
not sure, Anna was a moron when she was fat too.
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