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Researchers discover a link between visceral fat around the midsection and an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Would you believe […]

In the latest Alzheimer’s research, hidden fat in various parts of the body was shown to be an early warning sign of the common dementia — as much as 20 years before symptoms emerged.

A new study presented at the Radiological Society of North America annual meeting explored the link between obesity and the development of Alzheimer’s.

People who are obese and harbor deep belly fat are at higher risk for developing Alzheimer's disease-specific proteins in the brain up to 20 years before the earliest dementia symptoms, a new study suggests.

The brain cells, or neurons, also showed signs of recovery, the scientists reported in Nature Neuroscience. This discovery suggested that blocking TYK2 could be a way to reduce the toxic tau buildup, and the damage it causes in diseases like Alzheimer’s.

Our study showed that higher visceral fat was associated with higher PET [scan] levels of the two hallmark pathologic proteins of Alzheimer’s disease -- amyloid and tau,” D

A new study has found people with excessive belly fat may develop Alzheimer’s 20 years earlier - with symptoms not developing for two decades. Scans of obese middle-aged people have shown increased visceral fat correlates to higher amounts of sticky amyloid and tau tangles in the brain - both directly linked to Alzheimer’s disease.

Visceral fat has been linked to early Alzheimer’s disease pathology, according to a study of midlife individuals. Researchers found this fat significantly increases amyloid and tau protein accumulation,