Weight loss surgery may delay the onset of Alzheimer's Disease in the elderly.

Dr. Nidia Celeste Horie of the University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine in Brazil was lead on a study

Older obese people with mild cognitive impairment who lose a small amount of weight and a minimal amount of physical exercise saw improvement on tests of thinking skills, according to this new study.

Her recommendation was "At the moment, obese individuals should try to lose weight as young as they can, to protect health in general and the brain in particular, and obese elderly with mild memory problems should try to lose weight to improve comorbidities, knowing that at least it will not be harmful for cognitive skills and with luck they could be preventing dementia."

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/01/08/calorie-cutting-may-help-older-obese-people-with-thinking-problems.html?intcmp=hphz02

Interesting, have to wonder just how many medical conditions are caused by obesity and what all could be delayed or prevented.