Obesity May Reduce Brain Gray Matter In Postmenopausal Women

Gray matter is the stuff you need to think and be smart.

"'A subset of women from the Pittsburgh Healthy Women Study (HWS) who had been followed for an average of 15 years was invited to participate in brain imaging studies,' said lead author Isabella Soreca, M.D., an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh. "We found that those who had gained the most weight had lower gray matter volume."

The study appears online in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine.

'Women who gain weight tend to have high blood pressure, impaired glucose tolerance and other health concerns that are known to affect the brain,' Soreca sai5. 'The group we used were overweight, but were otherwise completely healthy. It was surprising that these healthy women still showed reductions in gray matter volume, and this indicates that weight gain by itself may impact the brain.'

Charles D. Smith, M.D., a professor of neurology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, said that although the study results are interesting for researchers, for now they are only likely to add confusion for a public concerned about weight and nutrition."

Hey. Chuck Smith!

How smart can you possibly be to look like this (and be a sick care worker, to boot)?




When it comes to gray matter, where there is absence, there is stupid.