Do these seven things to prevent dementia

Seven healthy habits can reduce the risk of dementia.

An American study followed 13,720 women with an average age of 54 over a period of two decades and have recommended some key lifestyle changes to help people in midlife stave off the decline of brain function.

The experts found that being active, consuming a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking, keeping blood pressure at a normal level, controlling cholesterol and having low blood sugar were some of the important factors that could lower the risk of dementia.

Participants were given a score from zero to seven for each of the health factors and researchers found that for every increase of one point, a person's risk of suffering from dementia was reduced by six per cent.