Here’s another warning given to those who do not watch their weight. A study now says that having a bulging belly makes a person more at risk in having dementia at a later age. In the study made on 6, 583 adults, it was found out that those with huge abdominal fat are three times more prone to dementia as well as Alzheimer’s disease, later in their life. Just to be clear, dementia is a condition of the brain wherein the person is no longer able to remember or communicate properly. The amount of fat on the waist is found by means of the measurement called sagittal abdominal diameter or SAD. This is measured while the person is lying down. Now, if your SAD is more than 9.8 inches, then yours is already a huge tummy.

The study emphasizes that the risk is placed more on the person having bulging tummies even though he or she has a healthy weight. It implies that fat on the waist does nothing good for the brain’s function. More study is needed in order to properly establish the connection on how obesity affects the proper function of the brain.