Neural perspectives on cognitive control development during childhood and adolescence should take into account how obesity affects brain development

Acta Paediatr. 2018 Apr;107(4):720-721. doi: 10.1111/apa.14200. Epub 2018 Jan 11.

Authors

Irene Esteban-Cornejo¹, Francisco B Ortega^{1

2}, Andrés Catena³

Affiliations

¹ PROFITH "PROmoting FITness and Health through physical activity" Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
² Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
³ Department of Experimental Psychology, Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, Granada, Spain.

PMID: 29280185
DOI: 10.1111/apa.14200

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Development / physiology*
Brain / growth & development*
Child
Child Development / physiology*
Cognition / physiology*
Humans
Obesity / metabolism
Obesity / physiopathology
Obesity / psychology*