Brain shrink warning over eating junk food
JUNK food doesn’t just make you fat – it also shrinks your brain, a new study has revealed.
Australian scientists have established a clear link between a fatty food diet leading to diabetes and a deterioration in cognitive abilities as well as anxiety and depression.
Associate professor Larisa Bobrovskaya, from the University of South Australia, said: “Obesity and diabetes impair the central nervous system, exacerbating psychiatric disorders and cognitive decline.”
She added: “Obese individuals have about a 55 per cent increased risk of developing depression, and diabetes will double that risk.”