Obesity reduces cognitive and motor functions across the lifespan

C Wang, JSY Chan, L Ren, JH Yan - Neural plasticity, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Due to a sedentary lifestyle, more and more people are becoming obese nowadays. In
addition to health‐related problems, obesity can also impair cognition and motor …

The association of the executive functions with overweight and obesity indicators in children and adolescents: A literature review

P Mamrot, T Hanć - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
The prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents has become an increasing health
problem all over the world. Prior studies suggest there is a relationship between excess …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity-related cognitive impairment: The role of endothelial dysfunction

JJ Buie, LS Watson, CJ Smith, C Sims-Robinson - Neurobiology of Disease, 2019 - Elsevier
Obesity is a global pandemic associated with macro-and microvascular endothelial
dysfunction. Microvascular endothelial dysfunction has recently emerged as a significant risk …

The role of emotion regulation in childhood obesity: implications for prevention and treatment

E Aparicio, J Canals, V Arija, S De Henauw… - Nutrition research …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Stress and negative emotions pose a major threat to public health, by increasing the risk of
obesity. Since the management process for emotions (emotion regulation; ER) is developed …

Executive functioning, emotion regulation, eating self-regulation, and weight status in low-income preschool children: how do they relate?

SO Hughes, TG Power, TM O'Connor, JO Fisher - Appetite, 2015 - Elsevier
The purpose of the present study was to examine relationships between child eating self-
regulation, child non-eating self-regulation, and child BMIz in a low-income sample of …

Cardiorespiratory fitness as a mediator between body fat rate and executive function in college students

L Zhu, A He, D Chen, X Dong, X **ong… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Purpose To examine whether body fat rate (BF%) is associated with cardiorespiratory fitness
(CRF) and whether cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) mediates the association between BF …

Obesity-associated biomarkers and executive function in children

AL Miller, HJ Lee, JC Lumeng - Pediatric research, 2015 - nature.com
There is a growing focus on links between obesity and cognitive decline in adulthood,
including Alzheimer's disease. It is also increasingly recognized that obesity in youth is …

Acute increases in brain-derived neurotrophic factor following high or moderate-intensity exercise is accompanied with better cognition performance in obese adults

DS Inoue, PA Monteiro, J Gerosa-Neto, PR Santana… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The purpose of this study was to test if different intensities of aerobic exercise could
influence abdominal fat, isoforms of BDNF and executive function. Twenty obese men …

Associations of adiposity and aerobic fitness with executive function and math performance in Danish adolescents

T Huang, J Tarp, SL Domazet, AK Thorsen… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To examine the associations of adiposity and aerobic fitness with executive
function and math performance in Danish adolescents. Study design Cross-sectional …

Targeting self-regulation to promote health behaviors in children

AL Miller, AN Gearhardt, EM Fredericks, B Katz… - Behaviour research and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Poor self-regulation (ie, inability to harness cognitive, emotional, motivational resources to
achieve goals) is hypothesized to contribute to unhealthy behaviors across the lifespan …