Scientists from Loughborough University have come to unexpected conclusions. Experts found out that extra centimeters at the waist and hips lead to a premature reduction of gray matter. The researchers conducted an experiment.
They studied lifestyle, body mass index (BMI), the ratio of waist to hips and weight of about 10 thousand Britons aged 55 years. Volunteers also underwent magnetic resonance imaging, which determined the size of both white and gray matter in different areas of the brain.
Excluding related factors (age, bad habits, physical activity, and high blood pressure), scientists have discovered an amazing fact. People with a high BMI had a slightly smaller brain than usual. In addition, volunteers with extra pounds in the waist and hips, this figure increased even more.
The volume of the brain of participants in the experiment with a high BMI and an unfavorable ratio of the waist and hips, as they say on the university website, was 786 cm3. People with an elevated BMI had 793 cm3. However, its size in people with normal weight is 798 cm3.
It's in the gray matter of the brain there is a large part of the nerve cells that regulate muscle coordination, memory, sensory perception and are responsible for self-control. However, according to scientists, there is a possibility that it's the reduction of the brain promotes weight gain, and not vice versa.
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