ReviewPhysiology & behavior2014
Human cognitive function and the obesogenic environment.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Executive Functioning as a Predictor of Weight Loss and Physical Activity Outcomes.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2019Trial
- Virtual Reality-Enhanced Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Morbid Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Study with 1 Year Follow-Up.Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking · 2016Trial
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- Adolescents Who Are Overweight or Obese Exhibit Weaker Spatial and Verbal Working Memory Compared with Healthy-Weight Peers.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2026Article
- Weight Loss After Obesity Disrupts Cognitive Flexibility Through Reinforcement Learning Strategies.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Article
- Association of Diet and Waist-to-Hip Ratio With Brain Connectivity and Memory in Aging.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Longitudinal effects of prenatal substance use and environmental stressors on executive functioning in low-income African American adolescents: A latent growth modeling analysis.Brain and cognition · 2024Article
- Enhanced NMDA receptor pathway and glutamate transmission in the hippocampal dentate gyrus mediate the spatial learning and memory impairment of obese rats.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2024Article
- The Bidirectional Relationship between Weight Gain and Cognitive Function in First-Episode Schizophrenia: A Longitudinal Study in China.Brain sciences · 2024Article
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- Is obesity the next step in evolution through brain changes?Neuroscience applied · 2024Article
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- Variation in executive function relates to BMI increases in youth who were initially of a healthy weight in the ABCD Study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Article
- Obesity mechanism after hypothalamic damage: Cohort analysis of neuroimaging, psychological, cognitive, and clinical phenotyping data.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Dynamic regulation of the extracellular matrix in reward memory processes: a question of time.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2023Review
- Longitudinal associations between executive control and body mass index across childhood.Pediatric obesity · 2022Article
- Obesity and acute stress modulate appetite and neural responses in food word reactivity task.PloS one · 2022Article
- Sex Differences in Hypothalamic Changes and the Metabolic Response of TgAPP Mice to a High Fat Diet.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2022Article
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Abstract
Evidence is accumulating which suggests that, in addition to leading to unprecedented rates of obesity, the current food environment is contributing to the development of cognitive impairment and dementia. Recent experimental research indicates that many of the cognitive deficits associated with obesity involve fundamental inhibitory processes that have important roles in the control of food intake, implicating these cognitive impairments as a risk factor for weight gain. Here, we review experiments that link obesity with deficits in memory, attentional, and behavioral control and contemplate how these deficits may predispose individuals to overeat. Specifically, we discuss how deficits in inhibitory control may reduce one's ability to resist eating when confronted with the variety of foods and food cues that are ubiquitous in today's environment. Special attention is given to the importance of memory inhibition to the control of eating and appetitive behavior, and the role of the hippocampus in this process. We also discuss the potential etiology of both obesity and obesity-related cognitive impairment, highlighting non-human animal research which links both of these effects to the consumption of the modern "Western" diet that is high in saturated fats and simple carbohydrates. We conclude that part of what makes the current food environment "obesogenic" is the increased presence of food cues and the increased consumption of a diet which compromises our ability to resist those cues. Improving control over food-related cognitive processing may be useful not only for combating the obesity epidemic but also for minimizing the risk of serious cognitive disorder later in life.
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