Association of mental health, obesity and arterial hypertension.

Napredak u prevenciji bolesti i zdravstvenoj zaštiti produžio je očekivano trajanje života i time povećao globalno opterećenje bolestima. Tako su nezarazne bolesti, uključujući arterijsku hipertenziju, dijabetes i demenciju, nedostatno prepoznat problem svjetske populacije. Demencija povezana sa starenjem ireverzibilno je stanje koje se očituje progresivnim padom kognitivnih funkcija te se smatra jednim od vodećih zdravstvenih problema novog doba. U zbrinjavanju ove fragilne populacije potreban je interdisciplinaran pristup jer su u osnovi patofiziološkoga zbivanja hiperinzulinemija i oksidativni stres na razini cijelog organizma, a ne izoliranog samo jednog organa.The progress in disease prevention and health care has prolonged life expectancy, thus increasing the global disease burden. The non-communicable diseases such as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and dementia have been recognized as an inadequately clarified problem in the population all over the world. Senile dementia is an irreversible condition manifested by progressive decline of cognitive functions and considered as one of the leading health problems today. Proper care for this fragile population requires interdisciplinary approach because the pathophysiological events are underlain by hyperinsulinemia and oxidative stress at the whole body level rather than isolated to a single organ