Body mass index and risk of dementia

M Koch, MK Jensen - Current Opinion in Lipidology, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Given the rapidly growing burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias and the
absence of sufficient treatment options [1], strategies to prevent or delay the disease onset …

2003-2013: a decade of body mass index, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia

TL Emmerzaal, AJ Kiliaan… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
The occurrence of obesity, commonly estimated using body mass index (BMI), and the most
common late-onset dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD), are increasing globally. The year …

Late-life Body Mass Index and dementia: An integrative literature review

S Slade, PP Ravert - The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 2012 - Elsevier
Dementia and obesity are significant public health concerns. Alzheimer's disease affects 5.3
million adults, while 72.5 million adults are obese. Emerging evidence linking body mass …

Body mass index in midlife and late‐life as a risk factor for dementia: a meta‐analysis of prospective studies

KJ Anstey, N Cherbuin, M Budge, J Young - Obesity reviews, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between body mass index (BMI)(in midlife and late‐life) and dementia was
investigated in meta‐analyses of 16 articles reporting on 15 prospective studies. Follow‐ups …

[HTML][HTML] Body mass index in midlife and dementia: systematic review and meta-regression analysis of 589,649 men and women followed in longitudinal studies

E Albanese, LJ Launer, M Egger, MJ Prince… - Alzheimer's & Dementia …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction We conducted a meta-analysis of the conflicting epidemiologic evidence on the
association between midlife body mass index (BMI) and dementia. Methods We searched …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity trajectories and risk of dementia: 28 years of follow-up in the Whitehall II Study

A Singh-Manoux, A Dugravot, M Shipley… - Alzheimer's & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction We examined whether obesity at ages 50, 60, and 70 years is associated with
subsequent dementia. Changes in body mass index (BMI) for more than 28 years before …

Invited commentary: body mass index and risk of dementia—potential explanations for life-course differences in risk estimates and future research directions

WD Brenowitz - American journal of epidemiology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The relationship between body mass index (BMI) and health outcomes of older adults,
including dementia, remains controversial. Many studies find inverse associations between …

Body mass index in dementia

S García-Ptacek, G Faxén-Irving… - European journal of …, 2014 - nature.com
This review comprehensively examines the current knowledge on the relationship between
body mass index (BMI) and dementia. The association between BMI and cognition is …

Adiposity in middle and old age and risk of death from dementia: 40-year follow-up of 19,000 men in the Whitehall study

AN Allen, R Clarke, M Shipley, DA Leon - Age and Ageing, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims and objectives to examine the hypothesis that obesity is protective for dementia, we
compared the associations of death from dementia with body weight and body mass index …

[HTML][HTML] Body mass index and risk of dementia: analysis of individual-level data from 1.3 million individuals

M Kivimäki, R Luukkonen, GD Batty, JE Ferrie… - Alzheimer's & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Higher midlife body mass index (BMI) is suggested to increase the risk of
dementia, but weight loss during the preclinical dementia phase may mask such effects …