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5 Habits That Quietly Age Your Brain Faster
#2. Sitting for more than 10 hours a day
Dementia experts published a report in July 2024 in the journal “The Lancet.” The authors reviewed hundreds of published studies on dementia and identified 14 risk factors that individuals may be able to modify.
Handling these 14 would likely reduce the number of people who develop dementia by approximately 45 percent. The estimate of 45 percent is based upon the assumption that each of the 14 factors is a direct cause of dementia and that it is possible to eliminate every factor.
Brain aging is hard to measure directly. Researchers use dementia risk or brain scans instead. Most of the studies below find links and cannot prove cause in any one person. If memory problems already worry you, see a doctor.
1. Sleeping six hours or less
The Whitehall II study, conducted in the United Kingdom, monitored 7,959 adult participants over a period of approximately 25 years.
Participants’ sleep duration was documented throughout their lives, including when they were younger and older. For those at 50…
