A new study claims that obesity reduces volume of gray matter in the brains of postmenopausal women.
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"A subset of women from the Pittsburgh Healthy Women Study (HWS) who had been followed for an average of 15 years was invited to participate in brain imaging studies," said lead author Isabella Soreca, M.D., an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
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In the study, 48 women participants underwent MRIs to determine the volume of both white and gray matter in their brains.
Researchers excluded participants from the study if their white matter showed specific signs of possible decreases in blood supply to the brain.
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"Women who gain weight tend to have high blood pressure, impaired glucose tolerance and other health concerns that are known to affect the brain," Soreca said.
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The study appears online in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine.
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