
Findings suggest that the memory dysfunction associated with obesity that can actually be addressed, thereby increasing the incentive for people to want to lose weight.
Moreover, prior to this study, there have been other studies that found that obese men have poorer episodic memory than those who are not obese. Episodic memory includes a person's ability to recall events that occurred throughout his life.
The research is based on observations of 20 overweight women who have entered the post-menopausal women with an average age of 61 years. Randomized participants were asked to adopt one of two types of healthy diet for six months.
Information on body mass index or BMI participants were also taken before and after the diet. In addition, participants were tested for their episodic memory by being told to memorize a few pairs of faces and names they do not know. Later, participants were asked to return the first letter of each name that they memorize it.
From there it is known that the participants' memory performance improved after weight loss process. This is evidenced by the participants' brain scans showed that participants who underwent a diet can save memory and recall it back better.
Changes in brain activity after weight loss show that the brain became more active when storing new memories. That's why they need a little more brain resources to recall stored information.
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