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03/26/2008: "I'm So Screwed ..."

Like many people my age, I carry more weight around my middle than I'd like. I work on making it go away, with mediocre success at best, but most of the time just deal with it's presence. I know that extra weight can lead to diabetes and high blood pressure and joint problems ... now it turns out it's gonna make me go mad, too ...

Analysis found that compared with people in the study with normal body weight and a low belly measurement:

- Participants with normal body weight and high belly measurements were 89 percent more likely to have dementia.

- Overweight people were 82 percent more likely if they had a low belly measurement, but more than twice as likely if they had a high belly measurement.

- Obese people were 81 percent more likely if they had a low belly measurement, but more than three times as likely if they had a high measurement.

Whitmer said there's no precise way to translate belly measurements into waist circumference. But most people have a sense of whether they have a big belly, she said. And if they do, the new study suggests they should get rid of it, she said.

Wonderful. Of course, I note that while they tell you that you should get rid of it, they don't tell you how. Man, that's one problem I wish you could solve with a pill ...