Unhealthy Habits Alter Thinking, Memory Skills
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If you're having trouble remembering where you left your keys or recalling a word, mull over the number of times and how many years you've continued unhealthy behaviors.
(Hendry, J. 2009, September 3, par.1)
Previous research has linked declining thinking and memory skills with unhealthy behaviors such as smoking, abstaining completely from alcohol, not getting enough physical activity, and not eating enough fruits and vegetables daily.
(Hendry, J. 2009, September 3, par.2)
In the current study, Dr. Severine Sabia and colleagues found the more each of the 5,123 adult participants reported these behaviors the greater their "risk of cognitive deficit," Sabia told Reuters Health in an email.
(Hendry, J. 2009, September 3, par.3)
Over a 17-year period, adult men and women who accumulated the most versus the least number of unhealthy behaviors were nearly three times more likely to show poor thinking skills, and about two times more likely to have declining memory, Sabia and colleagues report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
(Hendry, J. 2009, September 3, par.4)
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(Hendry, J. 2009, September 3, par.1)
Previous research has linked declining thinking and memory skills with unhealthy behaviors such as smoking, abstaining completely from alcohol, not getting enough physical activity, and not eating enough fruits and vegetables daily.
(Hendry, J. 2009, September 3, par.2)
In the current study, Dr. Severine Sabia and colleagues found the more each of the 5,123 adult participants reported these behaviors the greater their "risk of cognitive deficit," Sabia told Reuters Health in an email.
(Hendry, J. 2009, September 3, par.3)
Over a 17-year period, adult men and women who accumulated the most versus the least number of unhealthy behaviors were nearly three times more likely to show poor thinking skills, and about two times more likely to have declining memory, Sabia and colleagues report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
(Hendry, J. 2009, September 3, par.4)
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