Obesity Linked with Differences in Form and Structure of the Brain (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Obesity Linked with Differences in Form and Structure of the Brain

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T1-weighted brain MRI examples (coronal, top; axial, middle; and sagittal, bottom) of two participants in the UK biobank study (both women and age 65 years), one participant with a body fat percentage of 13 percent (left) and one participant with a body fat percentage of 49 percent (right). MRI image shows lower volumes of subcortical gray matter structures in the individual with higher total body fat percentage (right).

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