Piling on the pounds as the years go by may pose more of a threat to your long-term health and well-being than you realize. In fact, being overweight during middle age may increase your risk of developing dementia in your golden years, a recent Swedish study published in the journal Neurology suggests.
We have already seen that midlife obesity (body mass index [BMI] at or above 30) has been linked to a heightened risk of dementia later on. This new research adds that simply overweight status may...