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It is now common knowledge that being overweight is bad for the waistline. There is nothing more junk food addicts are normally afraid of than having ballooning waistline. But now researchers are warning there is more to lose sleep over.

A new study published in medical journal Neurology reveals that being overweight is, in fact bad for the brains as well.

The researchers, who tracked the health of more than 6,000 people over 10 years, link obesity to declining mental performance.

The World Health Statistics 2012 report indicates that the world is getting heavier, with lifestyle diseases becoming a major killer. Tanzanians are not an exception.

An increasing number of people in the country, especially in urban areas, are prone to obesity due to unhealthy lifestyles ? junk food minus physical exercises.

There is a rise in cancer cases, which local doctors link to obesity. In a previous interview with Sound Living, Dr David Makorre, a private medical practitioner, says obesity and being overweight cause endless health complications ranging from heart disease, diabetes mellitus, high blood pressure, and certain cancers to strokes.

?While obesity can be genetic, acquired obesity (from fats and sugars) is risky for example clogged arteries in the heart lead to heart attacks,? he says.

And now experts are not sure why this new finding might be, but say metabolic changes such as high blood sugar and raised cholesterol are likely to be involved.

Obesity has already been tipped as a risk factor for dementia.
Participants in the latest study, who were aged between 35 and 55, took tests on memory and other cognitive skills three times over a 10-year period.

People who were both obese and who had unhealthy metabolic changes showed a much faster decline on their cognitive test scores compared to others in the study.

Delving deeper

The experts stress that they only looked at cognitive function, not dementia.
The boundary between normal ageing, mild cognitive impairment and dementia is blurred ? not all impairment leads to dementia.

All of the study participants came from one group of civil service workers, which may mean the findings may not apply more generally to other populations.

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