Improving brain age with exercise
Physical activity may offer protective brain aging effects.
In a study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia, investigators assessed how lifestyle and medical factors contributed to differences between chronological and biological brain ages among 739 cognitively unimpaired participants aged 70 years.
The investigators found that regular physical activity was protective against age-related brain changes, whereas physical inactivity, diabetes and strokes were all associated with increased brain aging. In addition, the participants with obesity who exercised regularly exhibited younger brain ages compared with those with or without obesity who were physically inactive.
The findings indicated that vascular-related lifestyle factors and metabolic health impacted brain age.
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