Dementia and Obesity

Dementia and Obesity

Dementia and Obesity

Obesity condition is caused by many factors and effects. Some of these are self-induced phenomena, mainly through fat-rich and carbohydrate- rich food consumption abuse. These are often temporary effects, being reversible through self control and healthy food consumption, and,accompanied by directive physical exercise at regular intervals.

The slimming action may take a bit of a while and effort, and will be slow, which requires continual endeavors and persistence. Other factors are either hereditary or temporary disruption of endocrine bodily functions. In this case an appropriate medication for the cause may bring about a positive effect.

The present article discusses the relation between obesity and dementia in older to middle aged people, as a possible effect.

The brain regions that are responsible for recognition are smaller in older people who are obese compared with their leaner peers, making their brains look up to 16 year older than their true age. The brain shrinkage is linked to dementia; this adds weight to the suspicion that piling on the pounds may increase the person's risk of the brain condition.

Previous studies suggested that the obesity in middle age increased the risk of dementia decades later, which is accompanied by increased in brain shrinkage compared with leaner people. Now brain scans of older people have revealed the areas that are hardest it, as well as the full extent of brain size differences between obese people and those of average weight.

From the brain scans initially carried out for a different study, and excluding people with disorders, people with higher body mass indexes had smaller brains on average, with the frontal and temporal lobes-important for planning and memory respectively are particularly affected. Though it is not knowledgeable at present, whether that these people are more likely to develop dementia; a smaller brain is indicative of destructive processes that can develop into dementia. It is found among 51 overweight people that there were 6% smaller than those of their normal weight counterparts on average, and those of the 14 obese people l and type 2 diabetes were 8% smaller.. Overweight women had less brain tissue than their leaner counterparts indicating brain obesity.

High insulin levels and type 2 diabetes are risk factors for brain tissue loss and dementia. The body fat levels may be linked directly to brain shrinkage. i.e. the increased body fat increase the chances of clogging arteries, which will reduce the blood and oxygen flow to the brain cells, thus reducing metabolism and hence induce brain cell death and shrinkage.

Physical non-strenuous exercise(s) improve(s) cardiovascular health and blood flow, and protects the very brain regions that had shrunk; in other words, it is the blood flow that drives brain health. It is worthy to note that brain atrophy in the frontal and temporal lobes, which also control eating behavior and metabolism, could cause weight gain as well.

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