Central Obesity Diet, Vitamin D, Calcium, & Colon Cancer

Although generalized obesity is a risk factor for all of the life-threatening diseases that I have described, the accumulation of excess body fat within and around the abdomen (central obesity) appears to be linked with an especially high risk of obesity-associated illnesses. Now, a new research study, just published in the journal Neurology, suggests that dementia may also be more common among patients with central obesity. This study was conducted by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, California, in collaboration with Göteborg University in Sweden, the University of California in San Diego, the University of Michigan, and the University of California in San Francisco.