Obesity may lead to Alzheimer's, says study
Health | July 01, 2018 12:44 ISTThe study also revealed that certain areas of the brain respond differently to risk factors associated with Alzheimer's.
The study also revealed that certain areas of the brain respond differently to risk factors associated with Alzheimer's.
The Joslin scientists found that mice on a high-fat diet showed significantly more signs of anxiety, depression and obsessive behaviour than animals on standard diets.
The analysis highlighted that obesity more than doubled the likelihood of not achieving remission in women.
The study found that genetic associations on body mass index (BMI) were strongest in sedentary postmenopausal women.
The team also found that junk food cravings were associated with double the increase in the likelihood of night time snacking, which was associated with an increased risk for diabetes.
Importantly, the majority of women who were initially metabolically healthy obese and of normal weight converted to unhealthy phenotypes over 20 years.
A recent research shows that queries related to weight loss have increased on Google search while that for obesity have gone down.
Excess use of antidepressants can cause negative impact on your body and overall health, warned researchers.
It is reported that obesity in children impacts their school performance negatively by slowing their learning and mind process.
This effect is more significant in the oldest age group -women aged 70 years and older.
People with obesity are 40 per cent more likely to develop atrial fibrillation, while they are 45 per cent and 51 per cent more likely to develop hypertension or diabetes, respectively, the findings showed.
The findings in new study showed that children and adolescents who get less than the recommended amount of sleep for their age are at a higher risk of gaining more weight.
Obesity can permanently alter a young person's likelihood of developing cancer. Even after losing weight, the cancer risk remains.
There are national communicable diseases programme for tuberculosis and malaria, but there is no programme for obesity.
Researchers noted that a high-fat diet increases the level of TNF-alpha surrounding the taste buds, making them less sensitive to the taste of food.
Researchers stated that parents usually calm their crying kids by offering foods which is also very much effective.
Girls who have their first period earlier more likely to have a higher Body Mass Index, reads the study.
For the study, published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, the researchers included parents of 292 children.
The study found that the calorie intake among adolescents has not changed, but habits such as exercising, smoking, drug use and alcohol consumption have increased over time.
Previous studies have shown that people with these diseases have varying occurrence of different metabolites, that is small molecules or metabolic residues, in the bloodstream.
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