Patterns: Examining Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias and Weight Loss

New York Times
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By NICHOLAS BAKALAR

Weight loss may be associated with the onset of Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia in women, but not in men, a new study suggests.

There have been conflicting studies on the association between body weight and the risk for dementia, with some suggesting that obesity in middle age is a risk factor and others showing that weight loss precedes dementia’s onset. This study, which appears in a recent issue of Neurology, examined 481 dementia patients, comparing them with a matched, healthy control group.

The researchers found that women....read the whole article