Does abdominal fat affect the cognitive function of older adults with diabetes?
Higher levels of abdominal fat were linked with reduced cognitive function in aClinical Obesitystudy of older Asians with type 2 diabetes—even in individuals with normal weight.
In the 677-participant study, higher abdominal fat—or visceral adiposity—was associated with lower scores related to memory and language.
"Preservedcognitive functioningis important in the execution of complex task such as diabetes self-care management. Therefore, assessment of visceral adiposity and interventions that target visceral adiposity may help to preventcognitive declinein older patients with diabetes and reduce the global burden of dementia in ageing populations," the authors wrote.
更多的信息:Mei Chung Moh et al, Association of traditional and novel measures of central obesity with cognitive performance in older multi‐ethnic Asians with type 2 diabetes,Clinical Obesity(2020).DOI: 10.1111/cob.12352
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