How does obesity affect brain structure?
What will be an ideal response?
Being overweight or obese may accelerate the onset and progression of brain shrinkage that naturally occurs as a person ages. Adults who are overweight or obese have significantly reduced white brain matter compared with those of normal weight. Brain scans indicate that the volume of white brain matter of overweight or obese adults is similar to those of normal weight adults who are 10 years older. In other words, the brain degeneration of an overweight 50-year-old adult is comparable to that of a 60-year-old adult. Maintaining a healthy body weight and participating in regular physical activity may be the best way to slow the brain’s natural aging process and degeneration.
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