I want to prevent dementia after I’m 50! The focus is on a super simple action

Health     7:55am, 1 September 2025

In recent years, healthy hand rings have become a popular accessory, but there are so many data displayed on the hand ring. How is it considered healthy? Yangming University, Taipei President Rong, National Institute of Health Research, and Fubon Human Resources cooperated to record the real life conditions of Taiwanese aged 50 and above for a long time, and to establish the first high-age health risk assessment module in Taiwan, hoping to make accurate health risk predictions based on wearable device data. Chen Lianggong, the director of the Taipei Rongsheng Medical Center, said that the study took three years and collected data from 320 double-year-olds of North Korean residents with an average of 66 years old, as well as the results of physical and mental function detection a year ago and later. According to artificial intelligence analysis, these people can be divided into three ethnic groups.

Leopard-type people have less likely to increase their body fat

Chen Lianggong said that first of all, they are leopard-type people. They walk on average more than 10,000 steps a day, and no less than 3,000 steps a day, accounting for about 30%. Leopard-type people's body decline rate will decrease by 28% after a year, and their body fat will not easily increase. Chen Liang said that most of the weight gained after the age of 50 is fat, and the risk of physical fat increases is reduced, which is particularly difficult and important for the family.

Cat-type people are the ones who maintain the status

, followed by cat-type people, accounting for 40%, with the highest proportion. Their walking steps on weekdays or holidays range from 3,000 to 10,000 steps, and their physical and mental state does not change much after a year, which means they maintain the status quo. However, Chen Lianggong reminded that after a short period of observation, there is no significant difference in the health risks of leopard and cat-shaped people, but if you follow it for more years, cat-shaped people will still slightly become leopard.

Horima type: The risk of dementia in the future is higher

The most worrying thing is that the Hema type also accounts for 30%. Chen Liang said that the number of walking in Hema people on weekdays is less than 10,000, and the number of walking on holidays is less than 3,000. After a year of investigation, they found that the risk of deterioration of their identifiable function increased by 52%, and the risk of dementia will be higher in the future. Chen Liang said that most of this type of people are senior office workers in their 50s. They may be too tired to work and don’t want to move on holidays.

Why is the difference between steps alone?

Why is the difference in health risks so big just by looking at the number of steps? Chen Liang said that research shows that taking a thousand extra steps a day can reduce the risk of weakness by 24% in a year and reduce the risk of slow walking by 23.5%. The more steps, the less risk of lowering grip strength, the less risk of lowering grip strength, and the less risk of rising body fat is 19%. Walking one more kilometer a day can reduce the risk of high-risk cardiovascular disease cases by 90% and also reduce the risk of dementia.

Knowing which type you belong to is to understand how you should do it better. For leopard-like people, Chen Lianggong suggested paying attention to preventing falls and sports injuries, and trying more diverse activities to create comprehensive health benefits. For example, table games can maintain awareness and dance can practice coordination and balance.

Hima type: No need to force sudden increase in activity

Cat type people can try to gradually strengthen the strength of their movement, or continue to accumulate walking steps, and slowly evolve into leopard type people. Hema-type people don’t need to force themselves to increase a lot of activities at once, but they can at least increase to more than three or five thousand steps a day, with the first-stage target of the cat-type people.

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Establishing a high-end health risk model with a solid foundation is the beginning of helping people find feasible health strategies accurately. It also takes a long time to implement daily life before gradually accumulating health assets one by one.

Start your own 50+ health equation

Chen Lianggong suggests starting from the following four points and starting from the following four points.

1. Walking

The results of this study prove that the increase in the average daily rate can effectively reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cognitive recession. Taking 1,000 steps per day will reduce the rate of physical recession by 19% in a year, and the risk of reduced mobile power will also be reduced by 23.5%.

2. Smoking cessation studies have shown that smoking has a much higher impact on the degree of hardening of the blood than other health indicators. The nicotine components in cigarettes will accelerate the hardening of the blood, making the blood sticky and the blood vessels lack elasticity. Once the blood vessels are blocked or ruptured, it will cause wind. It is recommended that smokers be brave enough to quit smoking.

3. Good sleep: Insomnia is a warning. It is recommended to master the words "风" and "风". Research results show that those with good and fixed sleep conditions will reduce the risk of decreased grip strength by 24%, and the risk of increased body fat by 32%. Those with sufficient and deep sleep time will not easily develop depression. In contrast, those with insufficient sleep may be more likely to lead to adverse health conditions such as obesity and immune dysfunction. Insomnia is a warning for physical and mental health, and should be paid special attention to and seek medical professional assistance.

4. Nutrition: Too lightweight, it is afraid of bone relaxation and immunity reduction. Maintain a balanced nutritional diet and regular sports habits. But losing weight may not necessarily lead to health, especially for women over 50. Excessive body weight will increase the risk of physical and mental decline. It is recommended not to reduce weight and fat without restraint, otherwise it may lead to bone loss, decreased immunity, blood loss and other symptoms.

This study also found that the behavior of wearing health devices alone can help autonomous health management. Chen Lianggong pointed out that after these elderly people wear healthy hands, their average weight has increased by half a kilogram, and their contraction pressure has decreased by about 5 mmHg. This is equivalent to the effect of a blood pressure lowering medicine, which has increased pace by 0.1 meters per second, the degree of weakness has decreased, the depressive symptoms have decreased, and the nutritional status has improved. The use of wearable devices has the effect of promoting people to actively improve their lifestyle.