Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E ai ki ngā kairangahau, ka nui ake pea te mōrea o te pāngia e te taumaha iti i te waenganui o te tau. E ai ki tētahi rangahau hou, kotahi te tuatoru o te tūponotanga ka kitea he mate pēnei i te mate o Alzheimer i te hunga whai taumaha hauora. Ko te āhua nei kei te ārai ngā tāngata taumaha i te ngoikoretanga, me te mōrea e 30 ōrau iti iho i te hunga taumaha hauora. E taupatupatu ana ngā kitenga ki te maha o ngā rangahau o mua i kī ai he ngako <unk> me te Body Mass Index (BMI) tiketike - ka taea te whakanui i te mōrea. He rangahau hou e whakaatu ana ko te hunga iti te taumaha he tuatoru pea ka kitea he mate penei i te Alzheimer's i te hunga o te taumaha hauora (whakaahua o te konae) Ko te Kaituhi rangahau, ko te Ahorangi Stuart Pocock, mai i te Kura o Ranana o te Hauora me te Hauora Tropical, i kii nga taakuta me nga kaihanga kaupapa here me whakaaro ano me pehea te tautuhi i te hunga e tino raru ana ki te mate pukupuku. Ka mea ia 'Me aro atu hoki tatou ki ngā take me ngā pānga hauora tūmatanui o te hononga i waenganui i te taumaha iti me te nui ake o te tūponotanga o te mate pukupuku kua whakapumautia e tātau rangahau.' 'Heoi anō, ka whakatuwheratia hoki e ā mātou kitenga he huarahi hōu whakamīharo i roto i te rapu i ngā take paruru mō te mate hē - mēnā ka taea e mātou te mārama he aha te take ka iti ake ai te mōrea o te mate hē o te hunga he BMI tiketike, tērā pea ka taea e ngā kairangahau te whakamahi i ēnei kitenga ki te whakawhanake i ngā rongoā hōu mō te mate hē.' I kī ētahi atu tohunga he nui ake te rangahau e hiahiatia ana, ā, ko te huarahi i whakamahia e ngā tākuta whānui ki te whakamātautau i te mate hē, kua huri kē pea i ngā hua. I tātarihia e ngā kairangahau i te London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine me Oxon Epidemiology, i Rānana anō hoki, ngā mōhiohio tūroro i tuhia i te wā o te mahi ā-rohe i roto i te tata ki te rua tekau tau. I tirotirohia ngā raraunga i runga i ngā tūroro 1,958,191 e 55 tau te pakeke me te BMI o te 26.5 i te toharite - i roto noa i te whānuitanga e kiia ana he taumaha rawa. Ka aromatawaitia te BMI mā te whakataurite i te teitei ki te taumaha, i roto i tētahi tātaitanga e wehe ana i te taumaha i roto i te kilo e te teitei i roto i te mita tapawha. Ko te kaute hauora kei waenganui i te 18.5 me te 24.99 <unk> kei runga ake ko te taumaha nui me te momona. I whakaarohia e te rangahau he BMI iti iho i te 20...
He nui ake hoki te tūponotanga ka kitea he mate Alzheimer ki te hunga taumaha iti iho. He 30% iti iho te tūponotanga o te tangata ngako ki te mate hē i te tangata hauora. Ka taea e tēnei te āwhina i ngā pūtaiao ki te whakawhanake i ngā maimoatanga hou, e ai ki ngā kairangahau.