Researchers from the UK Health Forum of London predict that approximately 7% of England’s population aged older than 65 years will have obesity-related dementia by 2050. Preliminary data were presented at the European Congress on Obesity annual meeting.
According to abstract data, the Alzheimer’s Research Trust expects the increased prevalence to cost 41 billion pounds ($62.5 billion) a year compared with 23 billion pounds ($35 billion) currently being spent on health, social, informal care and lost productivity associated with obesity.
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