WHO Issues New Guidelines on How to Reduce Dementia Cases by 45%
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The WHO Has Released Guidelines On Preventing Or Delaying Dementia Onset
Centre for Ageing Better on Unsplash" />Looking after your physical health can prevent dementia.According to leading dementia charity Alzheimer’s Society: “there are currently estimated to be 982,000 people with dementia in the UK, but more than a third of people with the condition do not have a diagnosis.“The number is expected to rise to 1.4 million by 2040.”While these numbers are staggering, there is a slither of hope. Dementia research is c…
A woman suffering from dementia walks in her room at a retirement home in Angervilliers, eastern France, on March 18, 2011. (SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images)
Although the many mechanisms that lead to dementia are not yet fully understood, scientists have an increasingly clear picture of the factors that can increase the risk.
The World Health Organization lists 14 potentially modifiable risk factors, which in total are associated, at the population level, with approximately 45% of dementia cases. #DEMENTIA #GUIDELINES #WORLD_HEALTH_ORGANIZATION #LIFESTYLE
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