Weight-Alzheimer link different for men and women (Reuters)

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Weight-Alzheimer link different for men and women
    (Reuters)

 


Reuters - Women who are heavy in their middle years are at greater risk of Alzheimer's disease, especially if they have large waists. However, for men, being underweight during that period of life actually increases the likelihood of developing the degenerative brain disease, researchers report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.


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