Obesity harms women's memory and brain function

Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 10:14 in Psychology & Sociology

The more an older woman weighs, the worse her memory, according to new research from Northwestern Medicine. The effect is more pronounced in women who carry excess weight around their hips, known as pear shapes, than women who carry it around their waists, called apple shapes...

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