Brain Health
Challenge!
Build healthy brain habits over 14 days
Across
2. What’s good for the ____ is good for the brain
5. Disease where your body cannot control its blood sugar levels properly
9. One of the most common symptoms of dementia (2)
10. Person to talk to if you think you or someone else might have dementia
11. System that let messages flow back and forth between the brain and body
12. Way to reduce your risk of dementia: Quit
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1. Person who looks after someone with dementia
3. Most common form of dementia
4. Sign of dementia: Changes in ____ and behaviour
6. Thirty minutes, five times a week of this can help reduce your risk of dementia
7. Mild traumatic brain injury, linked to an increased risk of dementia
8. The number of New Zealanders living with dementia will more than _____ by 2050
Hard
Across
2. Country with one of the fastest growing ageing populations
6. Around 75% of the brain is made of this
7. Mild traumatic brain injury, linked to an increased risk of dementia
9. Connects the brain to the spinal cord
11. System that let messages flow back and forth between the brain and body
14. One of the most common symptoms of dementia (2)
17. Most common form of dementia
18. What’s good for the ____ is good for the brain
21. Way to reduce your risk of dementia: Quit
Down
1. Person who looks after someone with dementia
3. Disease where your body cannot control its blood sugar levels properly
4. Sign of dementia: Changes in ____ and behaviour
5. Person to talk to if you think you or someone else might have dementia
8. Dementia in Te Reo Māori (2)
10. The number of New Zealanders living with dementia will more than _____ by 2050
12. Type of dementia caused by poor blood supply to the brain
13. What can happen to the brain if you eat something very cold
15. Thirty minutes, five times a week of this can help reduce your risk of dementia
16. Brains cannot feel this
19. Work being undertaken in the pursuit of dementia drugs and treatments
20. 10 ____ new cases of dementia around the world every year
Crossword Puzzle
Test your skills with this health crossword puzzle
Want to develop lifelong habits for a healthier brain?
Over two weeks get a small daily challenge directly in your inbox that will help improve your health and reduce your chances of developing a range of health issues, including dementia
Physical exercises that help…
- Improve your focus and concentration, and stress management
- Increase oxygen flow to your brain
- Increase stamina, strength, and immune function of the brain
- Stimulate the growth of new nerve cells and connections in your brain
Foods and recipes that help…
- Fight dementia and prevent cognitive decline
- Support both short- and long-term brain function
- Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp
Puzzles and challenges that help…
- Maximise your mood, motivation and mental wellness
- Sharpen your short- and long-term memory
- Stimulate your brain
- Delay young onset of dementia
Want to develop lifelong habits for a healthier brain?
Take the 14-Day Brain Health Challenge!
Over two weeks get a small daily challenge directly in your inbox that will help improve your health and reduce your chances of developing a range of health issues, including dementia
Physical exercises that help…
- Improve your focus and concentration, and stress management
- Increase oxygen flow to your brain
- Increase stamina, strength, and immune function of the brain
- Stimulate the growth of new nerve cells and connections in your brain
Foods and recipes that help…
- Fight dementia and prevent cognitive decline
- Support both short- and long-term brain function
- Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp
Puzzles and challenges that help…
- Maximise your mood, motivation and mental wellness
- Sharpen your short- and long-term memory
- Stimulate your brain
- Delay young onset of dementia
Complete the Challenge and get a
14-Day Brain Health Challenge
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Complete the Challenge and get a
14-Day Brain Health Challenge
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