A team of researchers has made an association between low fitness levels during middle age and accelerated brain shrinkage later in life.

For many, cold and dreary winter weather makes it incredibly difficult to pry oneself off the sofa, brave the elements, and head to the gym.
A recently published study in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, may prove to be just the motivation needed. A team of researchers, led by Dr. Nicole Spartano from the Boston University School of Medicine, has made an association between low fitness levels during middle age and accelerated brain shrinkage later in life. 
When brains decrease in size, the risks of developing dementia