Healthy Behaviors Independently Linked to Lower Dementia Risk The researchers found that 0.6 percent of participants developed dementia during an average follow-up of eight years.
HealthDay News â Adopting healthy behaviors is associated with a reduced risk for dementia, even among those with familial dementia (FD), according to a study presented at the American Heart Association Epidemiology and Prevention/Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health 2021 Scientific Sessions, held virtually from May 20 to 21.
Angelique Brellenthin, Ph.D., from Iowa State University in Ames, and colleagues examined the independent and combined associations of FD and following a healthy lifestyle with the risk for dementia in 302,239 men and women aged 60 ± 5 years from the U.K. Biobank study. Participants were categorized based on how many healthy behaviors they adopted.
New studies are finding that middle-aged people who predominantly turn to TV for entertainment have a greater risk of losses in their abilities to reason and remember later in life
New studies are finding that middle-aged people who predominantly turn to TV for entertainment have a greater risk of losses in their abilities to reason and remember later in life
High Amounts of TV Watching for Middle-aged Adults Could Cause Cognitive Decline
How often do you watch T.V. each week? Each day? It turns out, the amount of T.V. you watch as a middle-aged adult could have an effect on your brain health in the future.
According to 3 studies presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Conference (2021), “moderate to high amounts” of T.V. watching can cause problems for your brain’s health down the road. Specifically, research suggests it can lead to cognitive decline, evidenced by lower “gray matter” volumes in the brain.
Is your brain paying the price for your TV viewing habits?
A growing body of research is ringing alarm bells over the link between dementia and our ever-increasing time on the sofa bingewatching
27 May 2021 • 2:29pm
We ve spent an average of 6.5 hours a day watching TV in lockdown, but now could be the time to wean yourself back off of it
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What’s going on with your TV watching lately? Are you glued to
Line of Duty, with your finger poised and ready to hit the “next episode” button?
Then join the party.
Our TV viewing has skyrocketed this past year, to an average of 6.5 hours a day in lockdown, as it provided a few crumbs of comfort when everything else was cancelled. But now it could be time to finally time to wean yourself off.