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July 30: Educational and lifestyle behaviors in our teens and 20s appear to impact our risk for cognitive decline and dementia later in life, according to three new studies presented Thursday at the 2020 International Conference ‘Alzheimer’s Association.

Lack of access to quality education at an early age; being overweight in early adulthood; or having high blood pressure, diabetes, and two or more heart health risk factors in their teens, 20s and 40s were significantly linked to cognitive problems and dementia later in life, according to the new research.

All of these risk factors are most likely to impact low-income people of color, said Maria Carrillo, scientific director of the Alzheimer’s Association.

“We have known for some time that African Americans are twice as likely, and Latinos are one and a half times more likely than their white counterparts to have Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia,” he said. she told CNN.

“But what we found in these studies is that these risks as a teenager mean they stay with you over time,” she continued.
“This is an important thing to stress, especially at this time, when we think about the co-morbidities (risk factors) that those most affected by the Covid-19 virus seem to have.”