Bariatric surgery has brains?

According to a new study of weight loss surgery that is designed to combat overeating and obesity may benefit brain and size.

Scientists believe there is evidence that surgery can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

For bariatric surgery, the size of the stomach is reduced or the distance that moves the food will be reduced through the digestive tract.

The effects of bariatric surgery in 17 obese women studied. It was found that significant improvements in mental functions that are connected to the organization, planning and strategy.

"When obese women studied before bariatric surgery, we found some areas of your brain metabolized (processed to produce energy) than women with normal weight levels of sugar. Particular excess weight leads to a change in one part of the brain to the development of disease connected, "added Professor Alzheimer type Cintia Cercato University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.