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Japanese scientists say maintaining a high level of moderate to vigorous physical activity may help ward off disabling dementia in men. They looked at questionnaires about physical activity completed by nearly 44,000 people aged 50-79 with available follow-up data on disabling dementia. They found a higher level of leisure-time and moderate to vigorous physical activity was linked with decreased risk of disabling dementia in men, although the same effect was not seen among women.
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Association Between Physical Activity, Risk of Disabling Dementia
What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the associations of daily total physical activity, total moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, and leisure-time moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with risk of disabling dementia among 43,000 adults in Japan.
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