Latin Post | Alzheimer's Disease: Obesity in Middle Age Increases Dementia Risk, Study Says Latin Post More than 77 percent of Latino adults are overweight or obese, compared with 67.2 percent of whites. Also, Hispanics have a higher rate of Alzheimer's than whites to have Alzheimer's and dementia. Nationally, 5 million people are living with Alzheimer ... How much you weigh at this age could affect your chances of developing ... Study: Midlife obesity may spur risk for earlier Alzheimer's Alzheimer's Onset May Be Linked to Midlife BMI |