The common belief if that our weight can affect only our physical health and there’s absolutely no chance for it to affect our brain. Obesity is certainly a horrible thing but it’s surely not so horrible that it will destroy the neurons in our brains right? In fact, don’t many of us adopt a sedentary lifestyle to focus more on our career and work which basically involves sitting in front of a computer screen with take-out pizzas and gaining weight? The Truth: Well, here’s the harsh truth. As per a study , our weight can seriously affect the size of our brains and how quickly it deteriorates. Which means obesity and brain function are linked and that obesity can affect the white matter inside our skull. This not only leads to dementia, Alzheimer’s and depression but it also affects memory, language and visual skills. Battling obesity has never been this important. The Research: Scientists at the University of Cambridge did an experiment to see if obesity speeded up the brain s