(Newswire.net — October 8, 2013) Stamford, CT — Dr. Grisell Paz at the Medical Weight Loss Center CT found that excess weight is not only unhealthy for waistlines but for brains as well, say experts that have linked obesity to declining mental functionality.
Authorities are not certain exactly why this may be, but say metabolic changes such as high glucose levels and elevated cholesterol are frequently involved. Unhealthy weight has already been tipped as a threat reason behind dementia. The work, published in Neurology, tracked the healthiness of more than 6,000 British people over a decade.
The participants, who were aged between 35 and 55, took testing on memory and other cognitive capabilities three times over a 10-year interval. People who were both obese and who had unhealthy metabolic changes had an even quicker slowing down on their cognitive exam scores when compared with other people in the research.
The specialists, such as Dr. Grisell Paz, founder of the Medical Weight Loss Center CT, stress that they only viewed cognitive functionality, not dementia. The boundary between normal ageing, mild mental deterioration and dementia is blurred – not every deterioration results in dementia. All of the research participants originated from one group of civil services workers, which may indicate the conclusion may not apply more typically to other populations.
They stated: “More analysis is required to evaluate the results of genetic factors and also to take into account the length of time people have been obese and how long they have had these metabolic hazard factors as well as to check out mental test scores spanning adulthood to give us a much better knowledge of the relationship between weight problems and intellectual function, such as thinking, reasoning and memory.”
Shirley Cramer of the Alzheimer’s Research UK said: “We do not yet know why obesity and metabolic abnormality are linked to poorer brain performance, but with obesity levels on the rise, it will be important to delve a little deeper into this association.
Dr. Paz, Nutritionist in CT, agrees, “While the research itself focuses on mental decline, previous research suggests that a healthy diet plan, frequent exercise, not smoking cigarettes and managing blood pressure and cholesterol in midlife will also help stave off dementia. With dementia statistics spiraling towards a million, the studies would suggest we should be conscious of our general health throughout life.”
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