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Research examines obesity, dementia and cognitive decline
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32226
Subject(s) - dementia , cognitive decline , obesity , cognition , gerontology , abdominal obesity , diabetes mellitus , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , disease , endocrinology , metabolic syndrome
Older adults with abdominal obesity have a high likelihood of experiencing cognitive decline, according to researchers who set out to investigate potential mechanisms underlying what they say is the well‐established relationship of diabetes and obesity with cognitive decline.