Studies have found that modifiable risks factors can make a difference and decrease the proportion of people developing dementia, https://www.alzforum.org/news/research-news/falling-dementia-rates-us-and-europe-sharpen-focus-lifestyle , the Framingham Study – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943081/pdf/nihms762894.pdf
Modifiable means you can change it. They include:
- Low education attainment
- Physical inactivity
- Depression
- Midlife hypertension
- Diabetes
- Smoking
- Midlife obesity
- Hearing loss
- Social isolation
What are you going to do today to make a change for the ‘healthy’?