Midlife obesity raises risk of Alzheimer’s disease

Being overweight during one’s early 40s increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease decades later, new research shows. Subjects with high levels of fat in the arm and back were nearly three times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than those with low levels.

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