Brain Health Risk Factors
According to the latest evidence, up to 45% of dementia cases globally could be prevented or delayed by addressing 14 risk factors in our day-to-day lives.
The 14 risk factors are:
- untreated vision loss
- high cholesterol
- air pollution
- low education
- hearing loss
- smoking
- social isolation
- traumatic brain injury
- unmanaged high blood pressure
- low physical activity
- excessive alcohol consumption
- obesity
- type II diabetes.
