{"id":11426,"date":"2009-08-26T16:40:56","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T21:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=11426"},"modified":"2009-08-26T16:41:23","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T21:41:23","slug":"obesity-leads-to-fewer-brain-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/obesity-leads-to-fewer-brain-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"Obesity Leads to Fewer Brain Cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"brain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/obesity-leads-to-fewer-brain-cells\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11487\" title=\"brain\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brain.jpg\" alt=\"brain\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>A new study just released in the Journal of Human Brain Mapping showed that obese individuals have eight percent less brain tissue than normal-weight individuals and their brains look 16 years older than the brains of individuals who are at normal weights. In addition, the <a title=\"brain boosting foods\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/5-nutrition-tips-for-boosting-brain-power\/\" target=\"_self\">brains<\/a> of overweight individuals looked eight years older than those of leaner individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Lead researchers of the study call this &#8220;severe brain degeneration&#8221; a great risk for degenerative diseases like <a title=\"belly fat and dementia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/belly-fat-and-dementia\/\" target=\"_self\">Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/a>, in addition to other diseases that affect the brain.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Obesity is classified as having a Body Mass Index (<a title=\"bmi calculator\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/resources\/health-calculator\/\" target=\"_self\">BMI<\/a>) of 30 or more and overweight is classified as having a BMI of 25 to 29.9.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-six percent of Americans are either overweight or obese according to the latest statistics by the Centers for Disease Control.<\/p>\n<p>These startling findings are just one additional reason that greatly underscores the importance of following a healthy lifestyle in order to live a healthy and bright life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study just released in the Journal of Human Brain Mapping showed that obese individuals have eight percent less brain tissue than normal-weight individuals and their brains look 16 years older than the brains of individuals who are at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/obesity-leads-to-fewer-brain-cells\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1747,342,31,92,716,383],"class_list":["post-11426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-brain-health","tag-health","tag-health-news","tag-obesity","tag-overweight","tag-research-studies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11426"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11486,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11426\/revisions\/11486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}