Big Hips 'impair' Women's Memory, A Study Finds

[Raistlin]

A woman's body shape may influence how good her memory is, according to US researchers.

Although carrying excess weight anywhere appears to impair older women's brains, carrying it on the hips may make matters worse, they say.

The Northwestern Medicine team found "apple-shaped" women fared better than "pears" on cognitive tests.

But depositing fat around the waist increases the risk of cancer, diabetes and heart disease, experts warn.

They said the findings, in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, highlighted the importance of maintaining a healthy weight for both body and mind.

Some of the health risks associated with obesity, such as vascular disease and inflammation, may explain why people who are overweight appear to be at higher risk of dementia.

However, the latest study suggests a bit of extra fat around the waist may actually protect brain functioning.

The researchers believe belly fat makes more of the female hormone oestrogen that naturally dips after the menopause.

Oestrogen is thought to help protect the brain from cognitive decline.

The study involved 8,745 post-menopausal women aged 65 to 79.

These women were asked to complete a memory test that doctors use to judge brain function. They were also weighed and measured, then scored on an obesity scale known as Body Mass Index or BMI.

Over two-thirds of the women were overweight or obese.

The researchers found that for every one point increase in a woman's BMI, her memory score dropped by one point.

And pear-shaped women - those with smaller waists but bigger hips - scored particularly poorly.

The researchers say this is likely to be related to the type of fat deposited around the hips versus the waist.

Scientists already know different kinds of fat release different hormones and have varying effects on insulin resistance, lipids and blood pressure.

Lead researcher Dr Diana Kerwin said: "We need to find out if one kind of fat is more detrimental than the other, and how it affects brain function.

"The fat may contribute to the formation of plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease or a restricted blood flow to the brain."

Rebecca Wood, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Research Trust, said: "The pear-shape is incredibly common, and while this study doesn't explain fully the link between body shape and brain function, it surely makes the case for watching the scales.

"There is little we can do about our natural body shape, but a lot we can do about our weight.

"With so much evidence of the dangers of obesity, we could all do well to consider sensible lifestyle changes to keep our weight in check."

[Bizarra]

Rubbish !

Any Man who has had dealings with Women knows that they all have "Selective " memory :censor:

The wrong things they think you have done are NEVER forgotten , & are exaggerated & twisted to suit any occasion The good things you have done are forgotten or denied, flatly

The wrong things they have done to you or things said to you are flatly denied & you are a LIAR :ffs:

This applies regardless of their Body Shape, on which you had better compliment them, even if you have to lie through your teeth :shutit:

Common knowledge, this, & no need for expensive research.

[balli hi]

Rubbish !

Any Man who has had dealings with Women knows that they all have "Selective " memory :censor:

The wrong things they think you have done are NEVER forgotten , & are exaggerated & twisted to suit any occasion The good things you have done are forgotten or denied, flatly

The wrong things they have done to you or things said to you are flatly denied & you are a LIAR :ffs:

This applies regardless of their Body Shape, on which you had better compliment them, even if you have to lie through your teeth :!Removed!:

Common knowledge, this, & no need for expensive research.

Why , you have taken the very words from my mouth Victor , saves me a bit of typing i guess

[Bizarra]

Rubbish !

Any Man who has had dealings with Women knows that they all have "Selective " memory :censor:

The wrong things they think you have done are NEVER forgotten , & are exaggerated & twisted to suit any occasion The good things you have done are forgotten or denied, flatly

The wrong things they have done to you or things said to you are flatly denied & you are a LIAR :ffs:

This applies regardless of their Body Shape, on which you had better compliment them, even if you have to lie through your teeth :shutit:

Common knowledge, this, & no need for expensive research.

Why , you have taken the very words from my mouth Victor , saves me a bit of typing i guess

That is what friends are for, Balli.

[Raistlin]

Mates now are we...

[balli hi]

:D

[Bizarra]

Mates now are we...

:D

[Raistlin]

What a pair of...

[Bizarra]

What a pair of...

I presume that you were stuck for words to describe us adequately May I humbly

suggest... Scholars, Gentlemen & good judges of bad Whiskey

Wait a minute! Raist stuck for words ? ? ? He must be at death's door & knocking Someone dial 666 immediately :lol2:

[Raistlin]

What a pair of...

Good judges of bad Whiskey

Irish then...

[Bizarra]

What a pair of...

Good judges of bad Whiskey

Irish then...

Not having a good day today, are we? Wrong again ! :lol2: We are an International force to be reckoned with

[Raistlin]

I hear your tribe has developed a mobile for wet peaty areas called the iBog

[Bizarra]

I hear your tribe has developed a mobile for wet peaty areas called the iBog

Beats the Iphone4 hands down in all departments

We have named it the IsodU B4 model

Don't get overexcited We don't export them to Countries which are not advanced enough yet..........so YOU can't have one

[Raistlin]

Don't tell me the string won't reach this far...

[Bizarra]

Don't tell me the string won't reach this far...

You never can tell How long is a piece of string ?

[Raistlin]

String field theory (SFT) is a formalism in string theory in which the dynamics of relativistic strings is reformulated in the language of quantum field theory. This is accomplished at the level of perturbation theory by finding a collection of vertices for joining and splitting strings, as well as string propagators, that give a Feynman diagram-like expansion for string scattering amplitudes. In most string field theories, this expansion is encoded by a classical action found by second-quantizing the free string and adding interaction terms. As is usually the case in second quantization, a classical field configuration of the second-quantized theory is given by a wave function in the original theory. In the case of string field theory, this implies that a classical configuration, usually called the string field, is given by an element of the free string Fock space.

The principle advantages of the formalism are that it allows the computation of off-shell amplitudes and, when a classical action is available, gives non-perturbative information that cannot be seen directly from the standard genus expansion of string scattering. In particular, following the work of Ashoke Sen ^[1], it has been useful in the study of tachyon condensation on unstable D-branes. It has also had applications to topological string theory ^[2], non-commutative geometry ^[3], and strings in low dimensions ^[4].

String field theories come in a number of varieties depending on which type of string is second quantized: Open string field theories describe the scattering of open strings, closed string field theories describe closed strings, while open-closed string field theories include both open and closed strings.

In addition, depending on the method used to fix the worldsheet diffeomorphisms and conformal transformations in the original free string theory, the resulting string field theories can be very different. Using light cone gauge, yields light-cone string field theories whereas using BRST quantization, one finds covariant string field theories. There are also hybrid string field theories, known as covariantized light-cone string field theories which use elements of both light-cone and BRST gauge-fixed string field theories ^[5].

A final form of string field theory, known as background independent open string field theory, takes a very different form; instead of second quantizing the worldsheet string theory, it second quantizes the space of two-dimensional quantum field theories^[6].

[Bizarra]

Oh Gawd help us!

and at the end of all that, I still don't know how long is a piece of string

[Raistlin]

Oh Gawd help us!

and at the end of all that, I still don't know how long is a piece of string

How about this string...

[Bizarra]

Oh Gawd help us!

and at the end of all that, I still don't know how long is a piece of string

How about this string...

I will personally attend to the measurement of THAT piece...........of string

[Raistlin]

I thought you might

[Bizarra]

I thought you might

You know my weaknesses [plural], too well......................for my own good :D

[Raistlin]

I help out with a few charities.

Help The Aged is one of them... :D

[Bizarra]

I help out with a few charities.

Help The Aged is one of them... :D

YOU are the secret benefactor who supplies young Virgins?

Thank you ! Thank you ! Thank you !

[Raistlin]

I suppose a few 40 year hookers would seem young compared to you :D

[Bizarra]

I suppose a few 40 year hookers would seem young compared to you :D

Well, that could work on the principle that a man is only as young as the woman he feels

As for you, you young whippersnapper, I have you know that in future I'll expect more deference & civility from your sort. Any more of that & I'll be after telling your Mammy :shutit: