Washington-If you have a big tummy in middle age it may greatly increase your risk of developing forms of dementia including Alzheimer’s disease after few decades,scientists reported on Wednesday.

The researchers followed around 6,583 individuals in northern California for about 36 years in an average,starting when their ages ranged from 40 to 45.The researchers measured the belly size of the persons at the beginning of the study.

A sum of around 1,049 of the people which is close to 16 % of the total participants had developed Alzheimer’s disease or any other type of dementia as they attained their 70s. Individuals in the top 20% with respect to abdomen size in 40s were about 3 times more probable to develop dementia when compared to individuals in the bottom 20 % of tummy size,the researchers found out.

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