Higher body weight connected with lower risk of Lou Gehrig’s disease
Carrying excess weight is linked to a plethora of chronic health conditions, but amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is not one of them, according to a Norwegian population study.
The research, published in the journal Neurology, found that people who are overweight or obese are up to 37% less likely to develop the rare neurodegenerative disease.
Published by Cosmos Magazine.
