Obesity and Stroke: How Extra Weight Puts Your Brain at Risk
In 2024, the GBD 2021 Stroke Risk Factor Collaborators reported in The Lancet Neurology that stroke disability linked to high body mass index (BMI) rose by 88.2% between 1990 and 2021 (IHME, Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990 to 2021, 2024). That was the steepest climb of any risk […]







