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READ MORE: Dementia diagnoses hit record high of nearly 500,000 in England Adopting six healthy lifestyle habits could slash your risk of developing dementia, research suggests.
Rising rates are thought to be down to a combination of an ageing population, increased awareness of symptoms leading to more people seeking a test, and increased prevalence of the risk factors that can lead to dementia. One recent Chinese study, assessed hundreds of participants were on how healthy their life was, giving them a score between zero and six based on various factors.In contrast volunteers who didn't break a sweat for at least ten minutes a day for three or four days a week got nothing for this category.
And every one point increase in total score was linked to an 18 per cent lower risk of cognitive decline, which is considered a precursor to dementia, said researchers at Beijing's Chinese PLA General Hospital. Participants were 60 and above and were quizzed about their daily exercise habits and medical history.
Scientists did not consider the impact of other sleep factors, like getting less than the bare minimum of seven hours sleep a night. Read More Experts discover trigger for deadly motor neurone disease, dementia and Parkinson's-like problems This means hundreds of thousands of Brits are living with the condition but not getting any support.
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