BACKGROUND: Executive functions have an important role in human behavioural regulation and can be a determinant of eating behaviour. Our aim was to study the different components of executive functions in obese individuals waiting for clinical treatment, comparing them with normoweight subjects with similar socio-demographic characteristics. METHOD: A total of 114 adults (76 obese and 38 normoweight) completed a neuropsychological battery that included tasks of conceptualization and abstraction, motor programming, response maintenance, inhibition and resistance, problem solving, cognitive flexibility, and verbal fluency. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant difference between groups for all the dimensions of the executive functions evaluated, with the obese group showing poorer performance compared to normoweight. CONCLUSIONS: Obese individuals demonstrated poorer executive functions than normoweight individuals.
BACKGROUND: Executive functions have an important role in human behavioural regulation and can be a determinant of eating behaviour. Our aim was to study the different components of executive functions in obese individuals waiting for clinical treatment, comparing them with normoweight subjects with similar socio-demographic characteristics. METHOD: A total of 114 adults (76 obese and 38 normoweight) completed a neuropsychological battery that included tasks of conceptualization and abstraction, motor programming, response maintenance, inhibition and resistance, problem solving, cognitive flexibility, and verbal fluency. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant difference between groups for all the dimensions of the executive functions evaluated, with the obese group showing poorer performance compared to normoweight. CONCLUSIONS:Obese individuals demonstrated poorer executive functions than normoweight individuals.
Authors: Evelyn Li Min Tai; Yee Cheng Kueh; Wan-Hazabbah Wan Hitam; Tien Yin Wong; Ismail Shatriah Journal: PLoS One Date: 2018-02-01 Impact factor: 3.240
Authors: Cristina Muñoz Ladrón de Guevara; María José Fernández-Serrano; Gustavo A Reyes Del Paso; Stefan Duschek Journal: PLoS One Date: 2018-04-25 Impact factor: 3.240