Lifestyle and Alzheimer’s disease

We know that not smoking, drinking little alcohol, eating well and being active is good for our overall health, but did you know that these factors may also affect our risk of developing dementia? Research has shown clear links between (un)healthy lifestyle and dementia. However, it is less clear if and how lifestyle is related to the brain damage that is characteristic for Alzheimer’s disease. Insight into this relation will help us to better understand the development of the disease and may contribute to the development of interventions. We are currently exploring this question in a very large database that includes participants from research and memory centers across the world. In this talk, we will dive into this topic and discuss which lifestyle factors may be associated with the brain damage characteristic for Alzheimer’s Disease.