ReviewJournal of behavioral medicine2017
Executive function in weight loss and weight loss maintenance: a conceptual review and novel neuropsychological model of weight control.
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- The Executive Functions in Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review of Neuropsychological Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Pooled it
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- Self-regulation as a resource for coping with developmental challenges during middle childhood and adolescence: the prospective longitudinal PIERBMC psychology · 2023Trial
- Executive Function-Related Improvements on a Commercial CBT-Based Weight Management Intervention: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- 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
- A Visualization Analysis of Hotspots and Frontiers in Obesity-Related Executive Functions Research: A Bibliometric Study.Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies · 2025Article
- Water intake, hydration, and weight management: the glass is half-full!Physiology & behavior · 2025Review
- Children's executive functioning and health behaviors across pediatric life stages and ecological contexts.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- The Relationship between Executive Functions and Body Weight: Sex as a Moderating Variable.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Longitudinal Interplay between Adverse Peer Experiences and Self-Regulation Facets: A Prospective Analysis during Middle Childhood.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2024Article
- A Pilot Goal-Oriented Episodic Future Thinking Weight Loss Intervention for Low-Income Overweight or Obese Young Mothers.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Spatiotemporal profile of altered neural reactivity to food images in obesity: Reward system is altered automatically and predicts efficacy of weight loss intervention.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Dynamical alterations of brain function and gut microbiome in weight loss.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Article
- Engineering Virtuous health habits using Emotion and Neurocognition: Flexibility for Lifestyle Optimization and Weight management (EVEN FLOW).Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Review
- Pilot Lifestyle Intervention Effect on Lifestyle Behaviors, Psychosocial Factors, and Affect.Journal of pediatrics, perinatology and child health · 2023Article
- Educational quality may be a closer correlate of cardiometabolic health than educational attainment.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The Neglected Factor in the Relationship between Executive Functioning and Obesity: The Role of Motor Control.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Functional Relationship between Inhibitory Control, Cognitive Flexibility, Psychomotor Speed and Obesity.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Executive Functions in Overweight and Obese Treatment-Seeking Patients: Cross-Sectional Data and Longitudinal Perspectives.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Influence of Weight Loss on Cognitive Functions: A Pilot Study of a Multidisciplinary Intervention Program for Obesity Treatment.Brain sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
Weight loss maintenance is a complex, multifaceted process that presents a significant challenge for most individuals who lose weight. A growing body of literature indicates a strong relationship between cognitive dysfunction and excessive body weight, and suggests that a subset of high-order cognitive processes known as executive functions (EF) likely play an important role in weight management. Recent reviews cover neuropsychological correlates of weight status yet fail to address the role of executive function in the central dilemma of successful weight loss maintenance. In this paper, we provide an overview of the existing literature examining executive functions as they relate to weight status and initial weight loss. Further, we propose a novel conceptual model of the relationships between EF, initial weight loss, and weight loss maintenance, mapping specific executive functions onto strategies known to be associated with both phases of the weight control process. Implications for the development of more efficacious weight loss maintenance interventions are discussed.
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