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article Dementia: Just What Is It, we have learned about a frightening term, Dementia, and just what it is or, rather, how it manifests itself in human condition. I gave 5 examples from my personal knowledge, including myself.
It would appear that “Dementia”, in its milder forms, is nothing more than a mild loss of memory. In its more severe, but still mild, forms, it can take guise of mild disorientation; sometimes so mild that one is not even aware of being disoriented. The milder cases were likely referred to in olden times as “senility”. Something none of us ever aspired to.
However, there is a new body of information accumulating, and now published, which indicates that “dementia” could be result of a natural condition, and which, if true, puts at least half of North American population “at risk”!
What is that condition? It is “obesity” and it is rampant in North America, affecting at some estimates upwards of 60% of population. And, according to a recent study published in British Medical Journal, it is particularly harmful to people in 40’s and up. The study tracked 10,000 men and women over a period of 27 years.
US scientists found people who were obese and between ages of 40 and 45 were 74 per cent more likely to have dementia later in life compared to those of “normal” weight. And its worse for women: women were 200 per cent more likely to have dementia if they were obese in their 40’s.
