Dementia Prevention Should Look Beyond Individual Choices, Study Finds

Dementia prevention should look beyond individual choices, study finds

Efforts to prevent dementia may be placing too much responsibility on people's choices while overlooking the wider social and environmental conditions that shape brain health, according to new Curtin University research published in The Lancet Public Health.

Dementia prevention needs a broader approach

Dementia prevention strategies must look beyond personal lifestyle choices and address the wider conditions shaping brain health, according to new Curtin University research. Published in The Lancet Public Health, the study examined 61 potentially modifiable risk and protective factors for dementia. Researchers found prevention efforts often focus on individual behaviour and motivation, even though many risks […]

Dementia prevention too heavily focused on personal choices, study finds

Efforts to prevent dementia may be placing too much responsibility on people's choices while overlooking the wider social and environmental conditions that shape brain health, a study has found.

Dementia prevention can't rely on individual choices alone, new study finds

Efforts to prevent dementia may be placing too much responsibility on people's choices while overlooking the wider social and environmental conditions that shape brain health, according to new Curtin University research published in The Lancet Public Health.