Big People, Little Brains

A new finding at UCLA has found a link between obesity and brain tissue.

Obese people had 8% lesser brain tissue and appeared 16yrs older than people of normal weights.

Overweight people seem to have half the effects, with 4% lesser brains an appeared to have aged 8 years older.

"Obese people had lost brain tissue in the frontal and temporal lobes, areas of the brain critical for planning and memory, and in the anterior cingulate gyrus (attention and executive functions), hippocampus (long-term memory) and basal ganglia (movement), the researchers said in a statement today. Overweight people showed brain loss in the basal ganglia, the corona radiata, white matter comprised of axons, and the parietal lobe (sensory lobe). "

This means that other than taking a toll on your body, extra weight and fat can deplete your brain making you more susceptible to diseases such as Alzheimer's.