The study, begun in the 1960s, concluded that people who were both obese and had a big belly were three times more likely to be diagnosed with dementia in their 70s and 80s than those of normal weight and belly size. It didn’t look at why belly fat increases the dementia risk or whether losing the belly reduces the risk. But it squares with other research suggesting that cardiovascular health problems — the same ones that can be created by excessive body fat around your middle — put you at risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The deep fat stored in big bellies — visceral fat — packs itself around internal organs, leading to inflammation and metabolic changes that can unleash a host of health problems. But fitness experts warn that spot-reducing is a myth, that there are no exercises that will banish fat from just one area of your body, which is why Haines doesn’t spend a lot of time trying to figure out what "body type" his clients are. The study, begun in the 1960s, concluded that people who were both obese and had a big belly were three times more likely to be diagnosed with dementia in their 70s and 80s than those of normal weight and belly size. read more
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