Examining if being overweight really confers protection against dementia: Sixty-four year follow-up of participants in the Glasgow University alumni cohort study

Recent large-scale studies suggest that obesity and overweight may confer protection against future dementia. This observation could, however, be generated by reverse causality. That is, weight loss in the incipi...

Source: Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine - November 2, 2016 Category: Research Authors: G. David Batty, Bruna Galobardes, John M. Starr, Mona Jeffreys, George Davey Smith and Tom C. Russ Source Type: research