ReviewRevista de neurologia2022
[Effects of overweight and obesity on cognitive functions of children and adolescents].
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- Associations Between Nutritional Status, Cognitive Performance, and Surrogate Metabolic Profiles in School-Aged Children.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Urban-rural differences in BMI status, 24-hour movement guideline compliance, executive functions, and motor skills in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Sex-specific BMI, 24-hour movement behaviors, motor skills, and executive functions in Tunisian preschool children: an observational cross-sectional study.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Obesity and Cognitive Function: Leptin Role Through Blood-Brain Barrier and Hippocampus.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
- Metabolic Indicators and Emotional Distress Symptoms Related to Overweight in Youth: A Brief Network Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association of plasma Irisin levels with executive function in children: the role of weight status.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2025Article
- Association of anthropometric parameters with intelligence quotient in early school-aged children: a cross-sectional study in Iran.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Association of Overweight and Obesity with Impaired Executive Functioning in Mexican Adolescents: The Importance of Inhibitory Control.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Childhood obesity and risk of Alzheimer's disease: a Mendelian randomization study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
- Time-course effects of exercise intervention on executive function in adolescents with obesity.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The Impact of Coenzyme Q10 on Cognitive Dysfunction, Antioxidant Defense, Cholinergic Activity, and Hippocampal Neuronal Damage in Monosodium Glutamate-Induced Obesity.Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPRArticle
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Abstract
introductionRecent findings suggest that overweight and obesity in children and adolescents affect cognitive processes and can alter school learning. The so-called executive functions, such as response inhibition capacity, impulsivity control, cognitive flexibility, planning, and decision making, have been inversely related to body mass index.
aimThis work aims to examine the neurobiological and psychological hypothesis that explain why overweight, and obesity alter the cognitive functions of children and adolescents. DEVELOPMENT: Diets rich in fats and sugars can cause hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, hypertension, augmented abdominal adipose tissue and resistance to insulin and leptin. These metabolic alterations induce a peripheral systemic inflammatory process that can affect the blood-brain barrier and the brain functioning of regions linked to attention and learning and memory processes. Some metabolic disorders of the pregnant mother, obesity during pregnancy and pre- and postnatal traumatic experiences can trigger changes in the control of food intake in children and adolescents and induce overweight in critical stages of their development. Obesity affects the functioning of the hippocampus and produces a decrease in the prefrontal cortex gray matter, thereby modifying cognitive abilities, especially executive functions.
conclusionsOverweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence are a risk factor not only for general health but also for proper brain development and cognitive functions and can therefore lead to school failure.
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