Obesity Damages Brain Health, Chinese Study Finds

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Researchers have found that obesity can lead to a decline in brain volume equivalent to 12 years of aging. A new Chinese study has found that obesity can significantly damage brain health, with some obese adults experiencing a decline in brain volume equivalent to 12 years of aging. For the study, researchers from Beijing’s Tsinghua University and Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Friendship Hospital tracked the body mass index (BMI) and brain health of more than 1,000 Chinese adults of varying ages for 16 years. The results — based on neuroimaging data — showed a clear link between obesity and a number of indicators of cognitive decline, including reduced brain volume, increased white matter lesions, and abnormal microstructural integrity. In China, a person with a BMI over 24 is considered overweight, while the threshold for obesity is 28. According to the study, which was published in the open access science journal Health Data Science, an adult under 45 years of a ………………………………