Tiffany Ezinwa Oneyjika

Jan 8, 2025 | preventionaus.com.au | Tiffany Ezinwa Oneyjika

Carrying extra fat around your waist raises your risk for multiple diseases, including heart disease and diabetes, and now a January 2019 study published in the peer-reviewed journal Neurology suggests that excess belly fat can also impact your brain. In the study, researchers followed 9,652 participants with the average age of 55 and compared body mass index (BMI) to the volume of grey matter and the white matter in their brains.

Aug 20, 2023 | preventionaus.com.au | Andrea Duvall |Tiffany Ezinwa Oneyjika

Is your waistband feeling a tad more snug than it did last year? Let’s not sugarcoat it, our busy lives make it easy to put our health on the backburner. And it’s also a fact that with each decade, from our 30s onwards, our bodies become more resistant to change, making it that bit harder to lose weight. Carrying a couple of extra kilos isn’t a big deal.