Excess Body Fat Can Age Your Brain Faster Than Muscle

Research shows maintaining healthy levels of body fat has a beneficial effect on your brain and may slow your rate of cognitive aging. Here's the strategy you should strive for.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Increasing research shows that maintaining healthy levels of body fat and greater muscle mass has an effect on your brain health and may slow your rate of cognitive aging

• People with higher amounts of abdominal fat had worse fluid intelligence with age, while those with greater muscle mass were more protected against such declines

• Women w…