Lifestyle changes might help prevent dementia

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[A]dults who suffer from obesity, high cholesterol or high blood pressure at the age of 40 are more likely to suffer from dementia by the time they turn 60...those adults who suffer from all three are six times more likely to develop dementia.

Those adults who are of normal weight, blood pressure and cholesterol at 40 have a one percent chance of developing dementia within 20 years. Those adults who "tick" all of the checklist, however, have a 16 percent chance of succumbing to dementia within the same period.

It should be noted that the dementia high-risk factors are also those factors which put one at greater risk of cardiac arrest and a number of other health complaints, suggesting that dementia can be added to the list of health problems that can be made less likely through lifestyle change.