Obesity can make men stupider, study finds

A report released by the World Health Organization said that the number of obese people in the world has increased dramatically in the past 20 years, with a total of 1 billion obese people in the world. It is understood that obesity can make men stupid. What is going on? Let us find out below!

American scientists have discovered for the first time that obesity can also make people stupider. Strangely, this only works for men, not women! The Framingham Marriage Research Group at the University of Boston has been tracking and studying 1,400 men and women in four areas of Framingham, Massachusetts since 1950, conducting intelligence tests and physical examinations on these people every two years. The 53-year study shows that obesity can lead to a decline in male intelligence.

Professor Menel Elias, director of the research team, said that men's intelligence levels will drop significantly after they become fat; at the same time, strangely enough, women's intelligence is almost unaffected.

Scientists evaluate the damage obesity causes to intelligence by testing the subjects' logical reasoning ability, language ability, and memory. They also consider the subjects' education level, occupation, and blood pressure. The results show that if the body weight is more than 30% over the standard, the intelligence level will drop by 23% on average.

However, the research team found that women's intelligence did not decrease after becoming fat. Their explanation for this is that perhaps men and women have different fat distribution areas. Professor Elias said that men's barrel waists have the greatest impact on their intelligence.

The researchers also found that the phenomenon of obese people's slow thinking is more serious among women, and there are differences in the tolerance of obesity between obese men and women. Obese women said that excessive obesity affects them as much as diabetes or heart disease. Most men think that obesity affects them no more than migraines. In addition, obese people are more afraid of pain and have poorer agility in movement.

Professor Elias said: "Excessive obesity in men may affect the blood supply to the brain, leading to multiple micro-strokes and brain hemorrhages, which greatly reduce the brain's ability to function. Although obesity only causes a slight decrease in intelligence in men, the loss for the entire population is considerable. Obesity is particularly detrimental to the intelligence of children because their brains are still developing."