Originally Posted By peeaanuut <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090825/sc_livescience/obesepeoplehaveseverebraindegeneration" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/livesc...neration</a> <<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. >> Throw in poor and some of us might as well just kill ourselves off huh?
Originally Posted By peeaanuut having UCLA being the head of the study does kind of make the findings a bit sketchy. But damn, if I can use that as an excuse than by golly I am gonna use it!!!
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins That was an interesting article. I especially find it interesting that multi-vitamins are beginning to get a bad rap. There's only so much we know about the brain and how to improve its function. I have to disagree about the puzzles etc. to keep your brain active. I know of a very bright fellow who was in a managerial position, then a cruise ship social director. He really used his brain but that didn't stop the onset of Alzheimer's. So what's all the fuss about. I guess the researchers are trying to give us something to do to give us hope. I'm really surprised about the obesity and brain decline link. I think this has to be studies further, that's for sure.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Fortunately, we are all to dumb to listen to skinny people. Our loss!
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie So my yo-yo dieting makes me smart, dumb, smart, dumb, smart, dumb?
Originally Posted By Ursula So when I was 109 on the verge of being anorexic, I was really, really smart?
Originally Posted By grlweatswchpstx Come on really? They only looked at 100 people. And other than that, really? They don't necessarily have any accurate data about their youth and other contributing factors. I'm on the weight-loss train myself but what a scare tactic. I mean come on..
Originally Posted By peeaanuut <<So when I was 109 on the verge of being anorexic, I was really, really smart?>> GENIOUS!!!!!!
