RT journal article
T1 Poor Cognitive Agility Conservation in Obese Aging People
A1 Pardo Moreno, Teresa
A1 Mohamed Mohamed, Himan
A1 Rivas Dominguez, Antonio
A1 García Morales, Victoria
A1 Garcia Lara, Ruben A.
A1 Suleiman Martos, Sami
A1 Bermudez Pulgarin, Beatriz
A1 Ramos Rodríguez, Juan José
A2 BiomedicinaBiotecnología y Salud Pública
K1 cognitive function
K1 dementia
K1 mental agility
K1 metabolic syndrome
K1 obesity
AB Life expectancy has been boosted in recent decades at expenses of increasing the age-associated diseases. Dementia, for its incidence, stands out among the pathologies associated with aging. The exacerbated cognitive deterioration disables people from carrying out their daily lives autonomously and this incidence increases exponentially after 65 years of age. The etiology of dementia is a miscellaneous combination of risk factors that restrain the quality of life of our elderly. In this sense, it has been established that some metabolic pathologies such as obesity and diabetes act as a risk factor for dementia development. In contrast, a high educational level, as well as moderate physical activity, have been shown to be protective factors against cognitive impairment and the development of dementia. In the present study, we have evaluated the metabolic composition of a population between 60–90 years old, mentally healthy and with high academic degrees. After assessing agility in mental state, we have established relationships between their cognitive abilities and their body composition. Our data support that excess body fat is associated with poorer maintenance of cognition, while higher percentages of muscle mass are associated with the best results in the cognitive tests.
PB MDPI
SN 2227-9059
YR 2023
FD 2023-01-05
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31524
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31524
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 08-nov-2026