Adding to the list of 'wahala' obesity causes, a new study has suggested it may also increase the risk of memory loss.
It is a well known fact that obesity increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and some cancers.
A new study at Iowa State University and published in the Journal of American Medical Association Neurology found a strong association between insulin resistance and memory function decline, increasing the risk for Alzheimer's disease (old timer's disease).
Auriel Willette, a research scientist at the university, said that insulin resistance is common in people who are obese, pre-diabetic or have type 2 diabetes.
Willette and co-author Barbara Bendlin, examined brain scans in 150 late middle-aged adults, who were at risk for Alzheimer's disease, but showed no sign of memory loss.
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