Obesity in Later Life and Dementia Risk: A Tale of Many Paradoxes

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Aging HealthVol. 8, No. 3 EditorialObesity in later life and dementia risk: a tale of many paradoxesBrian D Power & Osvaldo P AlmeidaBrian D Power* Author for correspondenceWestern Australian Centre for Health & Ageing, Centre for Medical Research; School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009, Australia. Search for more papers by this authorEmail the corresponding author at brian.power@health.wa.gov.au & Osvaldo P AlmeidaWestern Australian Centre for Health & Ageing, Centre for Medical Research; School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:25 Jun 2012https://doi.org/10.2217/ahe.12.19AboutSectionsView ArticleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit View articleKeywords: agingBMIdementiaobesityweight lossReferences1 Curtis JP, Selter JG, Wang Y et al. The obesity paradox: body mass index and outcomes in patients with heart failure. Arch. Intern. Med.82(4),909–910 (2005).Google Scholar2 Luchsinger JA, Patel B, Tang MX, Schupf N, Mayeux R. Measures of adiposity and dementia risk in elderly persons. Arch. 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