From an article published last week in Neurology, new that people with higher than normal belly fat are more likely to develop dementia, based on over 1000 people, ages 73-87, who had been followed since they were in their forties.

Among their findings:

- Participants with normal body weight and high belly measurements were 89 percent more likely to have dementia.

- Overweight people were 82 percent more likely if they had a low belly measurement, but more than twice as likely if they had a high belly measurement.

- Obese people were 81 percent more likely if they had a low belly measurement, but more than three times as likely if they had a high measurement.

   So the question is, what is it about belly fat, specifically, aside from obesity or being less dramatically overweight that contributes to dementia?  I'm guessing, based on new work coming out of Columbia University, that the connection is going to be high glucose levels.