Sridevi G

Department of Physiology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, 162, Vellapanchavadi, Poonamalle High Road, Chennai, India

Publications

  • Mini Review   
    Association between Obesity and Cognitive Functional Loss: A Short Review
    Author(s): Sridevi G*

    Obesity has been identified as a common health problem and is a major global alarm in today’s world. A major cause of obesity are changes in lifestyle of families concerning eating habits, lack of physical activity and increased exposure to video games, engaging in social media, and computers have played a noteworthy role in enhancing obesity. Although obesity poses many problems like hyperlipidemia, hypertension and diabetes, dementia and cognitive impairment also seems to be associated with it. There is a growing body of research that has been investigating the relationship between obesity and cognitive impairment, but the results are conflicting in different study populations. Research reports have identified that abdominal obesity is mostly associated with a greater risk of loss of cognitive functions independent of factors like sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health-relate.. Read More»

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