Wednesday, August 26, 2009

between and rock and a fat place

would you rather have a fractured hip or a smaller brain?

"The upside of having a big backside"
A huge drop in the percentage of Canadians suffering hip fractures could be the result of the growing obesity crisis in this country, says a new study.

"Expanding waistlines may cause shrinking brains"
Brain regions key to cognition are smaller in older people who are obese compared with their leaner peers, making their brains look up to 16 years older than their true age.

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