Risk of Alzheimer's Disease May Inc With Hidden Belly Fat https://www.newsweek.com/alzheimers-risk-linked-visceral-fat-1845098#:~:text=The%20scientists%20found%20that%20higher%20amyloid%20uptake%20in,connection%20being%20stronger%20in%20men%20than%20in%20women.
Higher levels of visceral fat—that surrounding the internal organs, hidden deep within the abdomen—are linked with changes in the brain, sometimes up to 15 years before any memory-loss symptoms of Alzheimer's begin. This is according to new research to be presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) between November 26 and 29.
"This study highlights a key mechanism by which hidden fat can increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease," co-author Cyrus A. Raji said in a statement. He is an associate professor of radiology and neurology, and director of neuromagnetic resonance imaging at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. "It shows that such brain changes occur as early as age 50, on average—up to 15 years before the earliest memory-loss symptoms of Alzheimer's occur."