Fatness, fitness and the aging brain: A cross sectional study of the associations between a physiological estimate of brain age and physical fitness, activity, sleep, and body composition.
David WingLisa T EylerEric J LenzeJulie Loebach WetherellJeanne F NicholsRomain MeeusenJob G GodinoJoshua S ShimonyAbraham Z SnyderTomoyuki NishinoGinger E NicolGuy NagelsBart RoelandsPublished in: Neuroimage. Reports (2022)
Accumulation of visceral adipose tissue and greater total sleep time, but not aerobic capacity, total daily physical activity, or sleep quantity and/or quality are associated with brains that are physiologically older than would be expected based upon chronological age alone (BrainPAD).
Keyphrases
- physical activity
- body composition
- adipose tissue
- sleep quality
- resting state
- resistance training
- white matter
- bone mineral density
- insulin resistance
- body mass index
- functional connectivity
- high fat diet
- cerebral ischemia
- multiple sclerosis
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- brain injury
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- blood brain barrier