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September 12, 2010
Study Suggests Obesity May Worsen Brain Damage From Heavy Drinking.
HealthDay (9/9, Preidt) reported that a study published online and in the December print issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research found that "obesity caused by heavy drinking can add to brain damage caused by drinking itself."
In a news release, principal investigator Dieter J. Meyerhoff, of the University of California-San Francisco and San Francisco VA Medical Center, said, "This new study suggests that a high BMI, independent of drinking and smoking, is also associated with brain injury." In a release, Susan F. Tapert, PhD, of the University of California-San Diego and director of substance abuse/mental illness in the VA San Diego Healthcare System, said, "In other words, weight also is related to brain health among those with alcoholism."
Posted by admin at September 12, 2010 07:05 PM