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Avoiding These 3 Things in Midlife Is Linked to 13 More Dementia-Free Years
“We’ve really found—over the last decade, even—an accumulation of many, many risk factors for dementia,” says Dr. Jeffrey Kaye, a professor of neurology and biomedical engineering at Oregon Health & Science University and director of the Layton Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Center (who wasn’t involved in the new study).
Other potential ways to lower dementia risk include keeping your brain active, being social, and doing regular physical activity, as well as cutting back on alcohol, eating a balanced diet, maintaining a healthy weight and cholesterol levels, managing hearing loss, and reducing exposure to air pollution. The WHO guidelines estimated that by addressing all of these modifiable risk factors, 45% of dementia cases could be avoided.
Some dementia cases can’t be prevented, however. Age, for example, is the single greatest risk factor: About one in 13 people from ages 65 to 84 have Alzheimer’s disease. Among people 85 and older, that rises to about one in three. A person’s genes, race, and gender also influence their odds of having dementia.
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