Obese People Have 'Severe Brain Degeneration'

Submitted by Eternity on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 21:28.

Live Science - A new study finds obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than normal-weight individuals. Their brains look 16 years older than the brains of lean individuals, researchers said today.

Those classified as overweight have 4 percent less brain tissue and their brains appear to have aged prematurely by 8 years.

The results, based on brain scans of 94 people in their 70s, represent "severe brain degeneration," said Paul Thompson, senior author of the study and a UCLA professor of neurology.

"The brains of obese people looked 16 years older than the brains of those who were lean, and in overweight people looked 8 years older," Thompson said.  Read more.

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Submitted by Jeff Schuler on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 03:13.

Here's the article at Live Science, for some context: Obese People Have 'Severe Brain Degeneration'

Link has been added (see original post above)

Submitted by Eternity on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 09:29.

Thanks Jeff,

I always add links to my post.  Thanks for bringing this to my attention.  The link has now been added at the end of the original post.

Eternity