Years of Obesity Worsen Aortic Stiffness, Middle-Age Memory

Years of Obesity Worsen Aortic Stiffness, Middle-Age Memory: Being overweight or obese starting in early adulthood was associated with increased aortic stiffness and decreased performance in a memory test at around age 60, in a new study[1].

Researchers investigated this in a 30-year follow-up of participants in the UK Medical Research Council's National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD)/1946 birth cohort study. The greatest negative effect on later memory was seen in the participants who became obese at the youngest age (in their late 30s), said Dr Stefano Masi (University College London, UK) presenting the findings here at the European Society of Hypertension's European Society of Hypertension (ESH) 2015 Scientific Sessions.