Alzheimer's disease could be as much about lifestyle as aging : Wsj: Obesity, smoking, stress and other factors may have as much to do with getting Alzheimer’s as aging does, said Dr. Mark Sager, longtime director of WRAP until he retired last month.
“What we view as a disease of old age is actually a disease of lifestyle and environment to some extent,” Sager said.
A University of California-San Francisco study in 2011 found that seven factors — diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, smoking, depression, physical inactivity and low educational attainment — contribute to up to half of Alzheimer’s cases.
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