Overweight and obesity may increase your risk for many health problems, especially if you carry extra fat around your waist.
The research was presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago.
According to research. obesity increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to the study. Blood biomarkers linked to Alzheimer's were found to increase twice as fast in obese people.
Dr. Cyrus Raji, a senior researcher at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has also expressed his opinion in this regard.
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They say this is the first time we have seen such a clear link between obesity and Alzheimer's through biomarkers.
The study followed more than 400 people in the Alzheimer's Imaging Project for five years.
Important biomarkers, particularly tau protein, neurofilament light (NFL) chain and glial fibrillary acidic protein, increased significantly more rapidly in obese individuals than in normal individuals.
