One more reason to lose weight; It may help your brain to fu

FatUncleRob

Just read an interesting article ("Elevated BMI Is Associated With Decreased Blood Flow in the Prefrontal Cortex Using SPECT Imaging in Healthy Adults") that includes the following conclusion :

... these results add to a growing body of literature implicating that decreased function/decreased blood flow in the prefrontal cortex is associated with the problem of obesity and strategies geared to decreasing obesity may be helpful in improving brain function.

(I added the underlining for emphasis - it was not in the original article.)

Here's the URL of the full article :

http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v19/n5/full/oby201116a.html

kathleennf

Good- thanks! I am going to look it up.