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How early should you start taking dementia seriously?

In today’s episode of ZOE Science & Nutrition, Jonathan is joined by Professor Claire Steves to explore the multifaceted world of dementia. They delve into the significance of dental health, genetics, impact of diet and physical activity. By exploring the latest research, this episode will give you practical strategies for dementia prevention.

Claire is a consultant physician in geriatric medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and a senior clinical lecturer at King's College London. Claire is also deputy clinical director for the Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology. She leads the characterisation of physical and mental aging traits and frailty in the cohort.

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Timecodes:
00:00 - Introduction
01:26 - Quickfire questions
02:42 - What is dementia?
04:18 - Control over fate with dementia
06:52 - Why older people get more fractures
08:32 - Warning signs of dementia
09:55 - Unique aspects of dementia
12:12 - Cellular level discussion on dementia
15:49 - Risk factors for dementia
16:07 - Inheritance and dementia
18:29 - High-risk factors for dementia
19:15 - Fetal development and dementia risk
21:47 - Brain reserves and mental health
24:24 - New advances in dementia treatment
30:47 - Medications and life expectancy
33:21 - Diet and dementia prevention
35:58 - The role of physical activity
39:45 - Oral health and dementia
42:10 - Social interaction and brain health
44:02 - Diabetes and dementia
45:36 - Women, HRT, and dementia
49:09 - Recap: types of dementia
53:39 - Hearing aids and dementia prevention
55:39 - Episode sign-off

Studies related to today’s episode:

Brain-age is associated with progression to dementia in memory clinic patients from NeuroImage Clinical https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Interested in a specific aspect of dementia? Email us at [email protected], and we might cover it in future episodes.

Episode transcripts are available here https://joinzoe.com/learn/category/nu...