Article: Bigger waistline increases risk of dementia in old

Article: Mid-life belly increases risk of dementia
The Hindustan Times;  March 27, 2008 ;     308 words ......are more likely to have dementia when they reach their...California who had their abdominal fat measured. An average of...had been diagnosed with dementia. The study found that...the highest amount of abdominal fat were nearly three times more likely to develop dementia than ...

Article: Belly fat linked to dementia; Big tummy in middle age boosts risk for Alzheimer's, other forms: study.(Canada/World)(Report)
The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario);  March 27, 2008 ;     668 words ......other forms of dementia later in life...highest amount of abdominal fat in their 40s were...likely to develop dementia than those with...who had their abdominal fat measured between...diagnosed with dementia. Whitmer said...correlated with dementia. Dr. ...

Article: Fat can lead to dementia.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  March 27, 2008 ;     90 words ......in middle age increases the risk of dementia, a study has shown. Researchers found...Scientists measured the levels of abdominal fat in 6,583 people aged 40 to 45 in California...volunteers had been diagnosed with dementia. Those who had the highest amount of...times more likely to have developed ...

Article: Abdominal fat increases FFA distribution to liver, especially in women.
Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week;  June 19, 2004 ;     400 words ......Minnesota, have determined that as abdominal fat increases, free fatty acid distribution...There is a close relationship between abdominal fat and metabolic disease. The theory is...to assess directly the contribution abdominal fat plays in distribution of FFAs to the...

Article: Big belly in 40s may up risk of dementia
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 28, 2008 ;     534 words ......of developing dementia later, the new...susceptible. That abdominal fat, sometimes described...'s not clear why abdominal fat would promote dementia, but it may pump...study cannot prove abdominal fat promotes dementia. But the study...

Article: Dementia linked to middle-age fat
The Independent - London;  March 27, 2008 ;     63 words ......BRIEF *A large stomach in middle age increases the risk of dementia, researchers found. They studied 6,583 people aged 40-45 in California and measured their levels of abdominal fat. An average of 36 years later, those who had the highest...forties were almost three times more likely to have developed ...

Article: Big belly now, dementia later? Abdominal fat in midlife tied to future brain disorders, study finds.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 27, 2008 ;     489 words ......wheels in motion for dementia in later life, a new...connection between midlife abdominal fat and dementia. People need to be concerned...had been diagnosed with dementia. Dementia can be caused by a number...the risk for developing dementia was 2.3 times greater...chance of ...

Article: Exercise important in reducing size of abdominal fat cells: study
Xinhua News Agency;  August 16, 2006 ;     374 words ...Exercise important in reducing size of abdominal fat cells: study WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua...health complications associated with abdominal fat." The study is reported in the August...obese, middle-age women with excess abdominal fat -- are part of an ongoing study of...

Article: Genetics May Cause Abdominal Fat In Postmenopausal Women.
Genomics & Genetics Weekly;  August 17, 2001 ;     409 words ......determines the amount and location of abdominal fat in postmenopausal women. Abdominal fat is a proven risk factor for diabetes...gene influence on the distribution of abdominal fat in postmenopausal women, says Mayo Clinic...

Article: Excercise as important as dieting to bust abdominal fat
The Hindustan Times;  August 8, 2006 ;     353 words ......think of reducing the size of your abdominal fat cells - a risk factor for diabetes...important in treating the complications of abdominal fat. "The message is very clear," said...health complications associated with abdominal fat," added You. It is well known that...

Article: Mid-age belly fat linked to dementia later in life
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  March 27, 2008 ;     485 words ......wheels in motion for dementia in later life, according...connection between mid-life abdominal fat and dementia. "People need to be concerned...had been diagnosed with dementia. Dementia can be caused by a number...the risk for developing dementia was 2.3 times ...

Article: Genetics May Cause Abdominal Fat In Postmenopausal Women.(Brief Article)
Diabetes Week;  August 13, 2001 ;     433 words ......determines the amount and location of abdominal fat in postmenopausal women. Abdominal fat is a proven risk factor for diabetes...gene influence on the distribution of abdominal fat in postmenopausal women, says Mayo Clinic...

Article: Microsatellite markers linked to quantitative trait loci affecting fatness in divergently selected chicken lines for abdominal fat.(Report)
Asian - Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT : Abdominal fat characters are complex and economically...lines divergently selected for abdominal fat content (NEAUHLF) were used in...suggestively (p<0.05) associated with abdominal fat content (AFW and AFP) across generations...

Article: ABDOMINAL FAT RAISES RISK OF HEART PROBLEMS: POLL.
AsiaPulse News;  September 20, 2005 ;     216 words ...SEOUL, Sept 20 Asia Pulse - Abdominal fat, often accumulated by binge drinking...company. Despite the high risk posed by abdominal fat, many people were not aware of the...of the direct relationship between abdominal fat and heart disease. Abdominal fat, or...