Memory Loss: Another Problem Added to Being Obese

A new report published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society says that being overweight may cause a person to have poorer memory. Everyone knows about all the health dangers that are linked with obesity, including heart disease, cancer, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. Now though new research adds brain function to the long list. A team of researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Pittsburgh carried out the study on 8,745 women between the ages of 65 and 79. They all filled out questionnaires that evaluated their lifestyle overall health and background. In the end the results indicated that being obese seems to be connected to having memory problems. The researchers are not exactly sure how being overweight affects brain function but they do suspect that it has to do with how extra fat affects a person's hormone levels.

This article relates to science and or biology because it is about health and brain function. The article discusses how being overweight affects your memory. Also it relates because it is giving new information on this epidemic that is obesity. Finally it talks about how obesity can lead to even more problems in life than what we already know.

This article is very important. The reason being because it is an epidemic in America. People need to be aware of all this problems even though some ignore it. All this new findings about obesity can maybe convince Americans to watch their diet and take care of themselves and their families. This information is indispensable.


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