Moorhead: The Division of Vitamin, Dietetics and Train Sciences in Concordia School is inviting adults from 55 to 70 years to a examine that examines how treatment and way of life habits can affect cognitive operate.
Directed by Betsy Cogan, a registered dietary nutritionist, the examine focuses on folks with obese or weight problems, or who’re at the moment taking weight problems drugs equivalent to semagglutid, lyreglutant, dorade or exenatida.
The target goals to make clear the rising use of agonist medicines of the GLP-1 receiver and their potential cognitive advantages in older adults, in keeping with a Concordia press launch.
“It’s clear that most of these drugs produce vital weight reduction and have a number of different well being advantages that are actually proven in literature; nevertheless, it’s not clear if these advantages prolong to cognitive well being,” Cogan stated within the assertion.
Members will bear physique measurements, a blood draw and cognitive evaluations. They can even use an actions monitoring system and full a foods and drinks file for 3 days, in keeping with the assertion.
For his or her time, they’ll obtain customized well being knowledge that embrace physique composition, blood strain, ldl cholesterol and glucose ranges and an in depth dietary evaluation.
Members can withdraw at any time, in keeping with the assertion.
For extra data, talk with Betsy Cogan at ecogan@twine.edu or 218-299-3644.
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