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Starting point. 25 August 2009
Painful to post. The truth hurts. It's amazing how I've lulled myself into thinking, 'Eh, I'm a little overweight, but not too bad.'
A new study finds obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than normal-weight individuals. Their brains look 16 years older than the brains of lean individuals, researchers said today.
Those classified as overweight have 4 percent less brain tissue and their brains appear to have aged prematurely by 8 years.