What and when you eat could affect the risk
Recent medical research highlights that managing cardiovascular risk factors like high blood pressure and diabetes can significantly delay the onset of dementia. Additionally, studies suggest that reducing sugar intake during early childhood may lower the long-term risk of Alzheimer's disease.
Why it matters
Understanding modifiable risk factors provides actionable health strategies for individuals to potentially prevent or delay cognitive decline.
The WHO explains that up to 45% of the risks associated with dementia are modifiable. This means that they can be changed or adapted. Some known dementia risk factors include physical inactivity, high blood pressure, diabetes, and alcohol use.
Researchers continually explore various avenues to better understand the risk factors associated with dementia. Read on to learn more about some of the recent studies MNT has covered.
Managing or avoiding 3 risk factors for dementia could delay the onset of dementia by 13 years.
This is according to research published in Neurology Open Access . Researchers assessed the data of 12,409 participants, focusing on three risk factors:
They followed participants over a median of 26.3 years, finding that those with no risk factors for dementia were least likely to develop the condition. Individuals with all three risk factors were 2.69 times more likely to develop dementia.
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