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How Physical Activity can prevent/delay Alzheimer’s Disease
By: Joey Fillo
•Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.
•1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's or another dementia.
•In 2013, Alzheimer's will cost the nation $203 billion. This number is expected to rise to $1.2 trillion by 2050
Facts•Memory loss
that disrupts daily life.
•Difficulty completing familiar tasks at home, at work or at leisure.
•Confusion with time or place.
•Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps.
Early Signs/Sympto
ms
•More than 5 million Americans are living with the disease.
•Today, an American develops Alzheimer's disease every 68 seconds.
•By 2025, the number of people age 65 and older with Alzheimer's disease is estimated to reach 7.1 million—a 40 percent increase.
Prevalence
Alzheimer’s Background: How physical activity helps:In 2008 the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA) conducted a 5 year study to see how exercise helps with
cognitive change and mortality in older people and, particularly, whether exercise might also decrease the
risk of Dementia.They did this by doing cognitive tests, which are directly linked to
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, and questionnaires of
over 10,000 individuals, and then examined the change in cognition and risk of mortality at a 5 year
follow up.
They found that those people who
participated in high levels of exercise
showed less cognitive decline from baseline
over 5 years (3.1 points on the 3MS) than did the low/no exercise group (5.5
points).
Furthermore, the high exercise group had
less risk of cognitive decline (10.3% versus
15.8% in the low exercise group) and a
higher chance of cognitive
improvement/stability (89.7% versus 84.2% in low exercisers) High
exercise was also associated with a lower risk of death
overall.Other Info:The University of Washington School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care
System tested the effects of aerobic training with 33 women
and men with mild cognitive impairment, a prelude to
Alzheimer's disease. After 6 months, the aerobic exercisers showed gains in mental agility,
while the non-aerobic group showed decline in tests of thinking
speed, fluency with words and ability to multi-task.
Many scientists firmly believe physical activity is more likely to help prevent Alzheimer’s disease than existing pharmaceuticals or
supplements, which have failed to show preventive effects in clinical
trials.
Physical fitness, overall health and mental stimulation provide a buffer that allows the brain
to withstand more damage and still function normally. Aerobic exercise builds heart and
artery resilience, which boosts blood flow to the brain.
Works Cited•"Latest Facts & Figures Report | Alzheimer's Association." Alz.org. Alzheimer's Association, n.d. Web. 13 June 2013. <http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_facts_and_figures.asp>.
•Middleton, Laura E., Arnold Mitnitski, Nader Fallah, Susan A. Kirkland, and Kenneth Rockwood. "Changes in Cognition and Mortality in Relation to Exercise in Late Life: A Population Based Study." PLOS ONE. Enrico Scalas, University of East Piedmont, Italy, 01 Sept. 2008. Web. 13 June 2013.
•Rojas-Burke, Joe. "Alzheimer's Research: Aerobic Exercise Can Protect Brain, Improve Mental Agility." Oregon Live. The Oregonian, 11 Jan. 2010. Web. 13 June 2013.