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"Short Arms, Legs May Indicate Alzheimer’s Risk"

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Short Arms, Legs May Indicate Alzheimer’s Risk

Arms and legs that are shorter than average are an indication of poor nutritional intake in the early stages of life, when these limbs, especially the legs, normally experience rapid growth. The region of the brain affected most severely by Alzheimer’s disease also experiences rapid growth at the same time.

With the link between growth of the limbs and development of this crucial area of the brain in question, researchers believe inadequate dietary intake during the first year or two of a person’s life not only affects growth but also leads to susceptibility to Alzheimer’s disease and other chronic medical conditions that typically strike later in life.

Tina L. Huang, PhD, began the study at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and continued it while working at Boston’s Tufts University Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center. Her findings are presented in the bonus issue of Neurology, a journal of the American Academy of Neurology, dated May 6.

Huang’s research involved 2,798 people for about five years each. Each study participant was part of the Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study and each had body measurements, including arm span and knee height, measured for the study. Most participants were about 72 years old at the onset of the study and almost all of them were white. Before the study ended, 480 participants had developed one form or another of dementia.

Of the women developing dementia, those with the shortest arm spans proved to be 1.5 times more at risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, than women measuring longer arm spans. The risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia decreased by 16% with each additional inch of leg length in women.

Dementia in the men in the study was affected only by arm span, with leg length proving to be of little significance to the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. In the men, each inch added to arm span was reflected by a 6% decrease in the development of these diseases.

Huang identifies a strong connection between socioeconomic background and height. Reduced height, also called stunting, is an indicator for poor nutritional intake during the first two years of life, when the limbs grow the fastest. Inadequate dietary measures during this time of life may also prove to be an important factor in a person’s state of health throughout life.

Previous studies based on people in Korea are consistent with Huang’s findings. The Korean studies also indicated a greater risk for dementia in people who also had shorter arms and legs.
The National Institutes of Health, the National Institute on Aging, and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute provided funding for Huang’s study.

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    1. 1

      Loved the video of him dancing drunk!

    2. lynn says – reply to this


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      #1

    3. Susan says – reply to this


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      Lookin especially fine there Matthew!

    4. lwekj says – reply to this


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      that suck.

      first?

    5. julie says – reply to this


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      first!

    6. Fara says – reply to this


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    7. 7

      He's a HUNK! Forget the article!

    8. nat says – reply to this


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      firrrrrrrst

    9. c***t says – reply to this


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      Hey Henry!!!
      Hey Bahn Bahn!!
      Hey Mo and Heather!!

      FIRST

    10. elye says – reply to this


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      your blogs starting to suck :| TRY HARDER!!!!! NOO!!

    11. gina says – reply to this


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      Mario must have an especially low IQ, don't you think? How can you look at a man like Matthew Mc C., and see short arms and legs?

    12. sandr says – reply to this


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      yuck i wonder how tall he is in real life

    13. Me! : says – reply to this


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      Interesting…



    14. 14

      Whatever! Is Angelina still in labor?

    15. Me says – reply to this


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      His legs are fine…..it's the shorts that make him look out of proportion. He's one of the hottest actors today.

    16. drea says – reply to this


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      stamped
      not first biatch

    17. YUMMY says – reply to this


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      Good! Then when he forgets who he is and how many beautiful women throw themselves at him maybe he'll come home to roost with one of us average ladies. Come to mama, baby.

    18. Mel! says – reply to this


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      first

    19. JJAZZ says – reply to this


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      OH COME ON NOW PEREZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO HATE ON THIS HUNK WHO'S ALSO A NICE GUY. MET HIM ONCE. SO DOWN TO EARTH. HE DIDN'T MIND ME COMPLIMENTING HIM ON HIS CHEST. TOTALLY COOL WITH GAYS
      .
      .
      OUR JOB AS FAGS IS TO WORSHIP BEAUTIFUL MEN!!!
      .
      .
      YOU'RE SO COOL WITH BECKHAM ….WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST MATT, MARIO OR JESSE METCALF?

    20. Mel! says – reply to this


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      first

    21. lana says – reply to this


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      AND PEREZ… HOW ABOUT YOU? YOU LOOK PRETTY STUBBY TO ME!

    22. m says – reply to this


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      I'm sorry but I just don't see short arms.

    23. BDO says – reply to this


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      Oh yah and you are the standard of the man? FUCK. When did last time you look at your mirror? or just pee to see your reflection… I am sure your mouth is opened wide enough to reach the floor by now. MORON.

    24. prego says – reply to this


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      Re: Freak Speely –

      I'm in labor too!!!

      OUCHHH!! DAMMIT IT HURTS!!!

      TRIPLETS, BABY!!

      SUCK IT ANGELINA!!

    25. NOFUK says – reply to this


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      OK…PEREZ U HAVE BIG HEAD AND BIG GUT AND NOT FORGETTING U FAT….WAT DOES THAT INDICATES?



    26. 26

      do you want his arms hanging to the ground? sheesh!

    27. amand says – reply to this


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      Perez in your wet dream your arms were as short as his….. chubbs!

    28. sam-n says – reply to this


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      Hey LM–did you visit porkez last weekend. bet you couldn't get it up for that. he's such a pig. HAHAHAHA

    29. HAIRY says – reply to this


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      THAT AINT MY MATTY, THAT'S HIS BROTHER!



    30. 30

      blahhhh

      v

    31. Amy says – reply to this


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      I've always been told that a long torso means a long weenie.

    32. sam says – reply to this


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      crap.

    33. o2bme says – reply to this


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      someone's jealous….. (perez)

    34. hello says – reply to this


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      yeah, i don't think his memory loss is going to be because of alzheimers….

    35. MKTT1 says – reply to this


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      His arms hang down past his pecker, I don't get the short arms thing?

    36. Mary says – reply to this


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      Dear Ugly, malformed, disgusting, morally bankrupt, no taste cock burgler Mario aka Perez,

      I cannot believe that someone who looks like YOU is attempting to trash someone who looks like HIM. Are you fucking kidding me? He's FINE… and you… you're really ugly. Fat, skinny, built… you have a face that only a blind momma could love. Nasty.

    37. Ben says – reply to this


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      Men engaging in anal sexual activities indicates risk for contracting HIV.

    38. Jaye says – reply to this


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      OMG that's hilarious Perez. You could be right in his case. Didn't he already forget that he had a pregnant girlfriend while he was in Mexico? lol



    39. 39

      OH WELL I'M FUCKED CAUSE I GOT TREX ARMS

    40. joj says – reply to this


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      omg…. he is beautiful! what is the problem?

    41. RAE4K says – reply to this


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      His arms are not short. What do you want him to look like a gorilla???

    42. lame says – reply to this


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      you are so full of fail!

    43. Cassa says – reply to this


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      Maybe I am blind as a bat…but I dont think his arms are stubby or short …He looks proportionally normal in all ways. Well, I haven't seen his manhood yet so I dont know if that is proportional with the rest of his body…

    44. Prisc says – reply to this


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      What does this say about the size of his d*ck?

    45. Vegas says – reply to this


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      At least he doesnt have some GIGANTOR potato head and chin like you do FATBOY

    46. Jon says – reply to this


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      There is nothing short about Mathew he is just FINE!!! Such a hottie

    47. kara says – reply to this


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      he's roughly 6 feet tall. how does he relate to the short arms/short legs study?

      oh yea, he doesn't. idiot.

    48. newsb says – reply to this


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      YUCK. Why does he have to be in movies I would like to see? Hasn't anyone heard about frisbee therapy for stretching the arms?

    49. norma says – reply to this


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      Sadly Mateo never wears speedos to determinated if he has short legs or not but for what I can see, He looks perfect to me !!!!

    50. Elle says – reply to this


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      Re: Fara – YESSS!!!!!

    51. the b says – reply to this


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      Re: Mary –

      fuckin hilarious and true - you Ms. Mary are brilliant and to the point. xo-sammy tha bull

    52. Panda says – reply to this


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      He is perfection…I've never understood Perez's whole short arm theory!

    53. Sigh says – reply to this


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      Clearly Perez is not a Scientist, nor does he have the faculties of analytical reasoning.

      Matthew's arms are not short. The study indicates Alzheimer risk is increased in males ONLY with short arms.

      Perez, next time you try to act smart - reconsider. Stick to the juicy gossip we know and love you for.

    54. lala says – reply to this


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      BEING FAT CAUSES HEART DISEASES AND DIABETES!
      RIGHT, FATTY???



    55. 55

      Are You actually trying to knock this Good Looking REAL Man?
      Not nice! Kinda disgustingly JEALOUS of You!

    56. Myah says – reply to this


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      Great! Now all of us short people are even more screwed.

    57. Dumb says – reply to this


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      WTF is the matter with you? His arms and legs look phucking phine…

    58. Told says – reply to this


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      Short arms, legs; YES. His most inbred region is his face. Right above the brow area. White teeth cannot save you if your bone structure is lacking. Do not breed anymore. Only ugly people are fooled into thinking you are hot. Only the less than attractive folk find you, ATTRACTIVE.

    59. rosar says – reply to this


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      he's sooo ugly yuck not good looking in my opinion

    60. Peach says – reply to this


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      Sounds like a load of rubbish to me. But if it's true, I'M SAFE!
      As for stumpy, he'll probably do himself in long before that can happen. Like end up face down in a sewage ditch while hunting for his flip flops.

    61. Tinna says – reply to this


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      That's pretty interesting..!

    62. Heath says – reply to this


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      Will you quit running this picture of "Matthew"?!?!?! THAT IS NOT A PHOTO OF HIM BUT OF HIS BROTHER. Come ON Perez, that's just not cool for you to miss such a detail.

    63. gardn says – reply to this


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      fugly stumpy mateo. would certainly NOT do him.

    64. just says – reply to this


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      When I saw the movie Fools Gold, he doesn't look, that hot. He sort of looked retarded.

    65. kim says – reply to this


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      He looks like a fucking T-Rex!