Stupid, Fatty

October 16th, 2006 | by jg3 |

Today the Telegraph.co.uk has issued this report: The greater your weight, the lower your IQ, say scientists who claim to have found a link between obesity and the decline in a person’s cognitive function.

…people with a Body Mass Index – a measure of body fat – of 20 or less could recall 56 per cent of words in a vocabulary test, while those who were obese, with a BMI of 30 or higher, could remember only 44 per cent.

The fatter subjects also showed a higher rate of cognitive decline when they were retested five years later: their recall dropped to 37.5 per cent, whereas those with a healthy weight retained their level of recall.

I recommend you read the article and draw your own conclusions lest I be accused of being insensitive.

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