Dementia affects one in six people over the age of 80. Five key evidence-based prevention strategies are moderate physical exercise, brain exercise, not smoking, a healthy diet and looking after your heart. Those are derived from the converging findings of several long-term studies. And it seems moderate physical exercise trumps them all—maybe one extra reason to forego the escalator for the stairs and to finally get that new bike to commute.
Regular physical exercise shown to help prevent dementia
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