Date: 19/08/2021
Children born to women with obesity should be observed closely for neurodevelopmental problems and referred as appropriate for early intervention or other supportive services, according to the authors of this study.
Date: 30/06/2021
In this study they found better scores in fluid intelligence and working memory with higher organic food intake and lower fast food intake.
Date: 08/06/2021
Children who consume too much sugar could be at greater risk of becoming obese, hyperactive, and cognitively impaired, as adults, according to the results of a new study of mice led by QUT and published by Frontiers in Neuroscience.
Date: 10/05/2021
This is the first study to highlight that cardiovascular risk factors accumulated from childhood through mid-life may influence poor cognitive performance at midlife.
Date: 07/05/2021
Obesity is associated with chronic, body-wide inflammation that slow shrinks brain regions that are used for learning new things and recalling memories.
Date: 06/10/2020
What a mum eats and drinks during breastfeeding may influence their infant's brain development
Date: 02/10/2020
Can controlling blood sugar levels improve the ability to clearly think in Type 2 diabetic patients?
Date: 24/09/2020
New findings suggest that losing weight is particularly important for healthy brain aging or for recovery in people who suffer strokes or brain injuries, where learning is fundamental for recovery
Date: 05/08/2020
As a person's weight goes up, all regions of the brain go down in activity and blood flow, according to a new brain imaging study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. One of the largest studies linking obesity with brain dysfunction, scientists analyzed over 35,000 functional neuroimaging scans using single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) from more than 17,000 individuals to measure blood flow and brain activity. Low cerebral blood flow is the #1 brain imaging predictor that a person will develop Alzheimer's disease.
Date: 03/03/2020
Excessive weight around our middle gives our brain's resident immune cells heavy exposure to a signal that turns them against us, setting in motion a crescendo of inflammation that damages cognition, scientists say.
Date: 18/12/2019
Having less muscle and more body fat may affect how flexible our thinking gets as we become older, according to a new study.
Date: 05/11/2019
This study is the first large-scale cohort to examine the association of late-life waist circumference with the incidence of dementia in an older population.
Date: 22/04/2019
Obesity can break down our protective blood brain barrier resulting in problems with learning and memory, scientists report.
Date: 25/03/2019
As well as potentially improving our brain function, eating healthy foods - i.e. "good fats", vegetables, nuts and berries - could improve our mental well-being, and could even help the planet, too.
Date: 14/03/2019
How much vitamin D can boost memory, learning and decision-making in older adults, and how much is too much?
Date: 01/10/2018
Inflammation may be a strong contender for the connection between mom’s weight and children’s neurodevelopment, according to lab studies on animals.
Date: 10/09/2018
The brain’s immune cells gobble up synapses in the hippocampi of rodents fed high-fat or high-sugar diets.
Date: 01/08/2018
Data from over 5,000 adults over the age of 60 indicates that as waist:hip ratio increases, so does cognitive impairment. The findings have significant implications as the global prevalence of dementia is predicted to increase from 24.3 million in 2001 to 81.1 million by 2040.
Date: 24/07/2018
Reduced levels of plasmalogens - a class of lipids created in the liver that are integral to cell membranes in the brain - are associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's Disease, according to new research.
Date: 19/09/2017
Dietary approaches to promote healthy brain ageing should look to factor in nutrition, exercise and lifestyle to target not only the brain but also overall cardio-metabolic health.