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Cognitive Impairment And The Mediterranean Diet: A Canadian Perspective, Ivan Culum
Cognitive Impairment And The Mediterranean Diet: A Canadian Perspective, Ivan Culum
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Global life expectancy has increased steadily over the past century and is projected to continue increasing. Life expectancy increases are co-occurring with a reduction of fertility rates in many economically developed countries, which is resulting in an aging population, meaning that the proportion of older adults within the total world population will continue to increase. This is of particular concern as there is a rise of chronic neurodegenerative diseases among older adults, such as dementia, where the number of global deaths more than doubled since the turn of the century, making dementia the fifth leading cause of death worldwide. Dementia …