Posted on 03/25/2008 3:41:30 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
HAVING a large belly in middle age nearly triples the risk of developing dementia, a study released today found.
Being overweight in midlife and beyond has long been linked to increased risk for disease such as stroke, diabetes and heart disease.
But this is the first study to link excess fat to dementia and, the research found excess abdominal fat increased the risk even among those who were of normal weight overall.
"Considering that 50 per cent of adults in this country (US) have abdominal obesity, this is a disturbing finding," said study author Rachel Whitmer of the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, California.
Researchers measured the abdominal fat of 6583 people age 40 to 45 in northern California and some 36 years later 16 per cent had developed dementia, the study published in the journal Neurology found.
Those who were overweight or obese but did not have a pot belly had an 80 per cent increase in the risk of dementia compared to people with a normal body weight and abdominal fat level.
The risk increase jumped to 230 per cent among overweight people with a large belly and 360 per cent among the obese with large abdomens.
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Why does it remind you of this? She looks darn healthy to me, just a little stout, but proportioned fairly well. Drop 30-40 lbs off her and she’d be a well proportioned slim(ish) lady.
Uh, oh. Guess I better hit the abdominizer before, um, what were we talking about?
So correlation *does* equal causation? Now that *is* news!
I gather that women’s dress length has also been demonstrated to cause sun spots, or economic collapse, or something.
Google Trends: Breast Enlargement, Breast Reduction
In a University of Minnesota study in 1966, miniskitrts were found to correlate to coldtwat in 63 % of the study group.
Today? I could have personally come to this conclusion years ago. :O)
he developed the dementia before the pot belly
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