@misc{10481/80063,
year = {2023},
month = {1},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/80063},
abstract = {Life expectancy has been boosted in recent decades at expenses of increasing the ageassociated
diseases. Dementia, for its incidence, stands out among the pathologies associated with
aging. The exacerbated cognitive deterioration disables people from carrying out their daily lives
autonomously and this incidence increases exponentially after 65 years of age. The etiology of
dementia is a miscellaneous combination of risk factors that restrain the quality of life of our elderly.
In this sense, it has been established that some metabolic pathologies such as obesity and diabetes act
as a risk factor for dementia development. In contrast, a high educational level, as well as moderate
physical activity, have been shown to be protective factors against cognitive impairment and the
development of dementia. In the present study, we have evaluated the metabolic composition of
a population between 60–90 years old, mentally healthy and with high academic degrees. After
assessing agility in mental state, we have established relationships between their cognitive abilities
and their body composition. Our data support that excess body fat is associated with poorer
maintenance of cognition, while higher percentages of muscle mass are associated with the best
results in the cognitive tests.},
organization = {Junta de Andalucia
European Commission	P20-01061	
P18-RT-3324	
P20-01293	
PECART-0096-2020},
organization = {Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain (MICINN)
Spanish Government	PID2019-110960GB-I00},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Obesity},
keywords = {Metabolic syndrome},
keywords = {Cognitive function},
keywords = {Dementia},
keywords = {Mental agility},
title = {Poor Cognitive Agility Conservation in Obese Aging People},
doi = {10.3390/biomedicines11010138},
author = {Pardo Moreno, Teresa and Mohamed Mohamed, Himan and García Lara, Rubén A. and Suleiman Martos, Sami and Ramos Rodríguez, Juan José},
}