Excessive body fat around the middle linked to smaller brain size, study finds
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
Carrying extra body fat, especially around the middle, may be linked to brain shrinkage, according to new research. For the study, researchers determined obesity by measuring body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio in study participants and found those with higher ratios of both measures had the lowest brain volume.