Author, as appears in the article.: Blanco-Gómez A; Ferré N; Luque V; Cardona M; Gispert-Llauradó M; Escribano J; Closa-Monasterolo R; Canals-Sans J
Department: Psicologia Medicina i Cirurgia
URV's Author/s: BLANCO GOMEZ, AINARA / Canals Sans, Josefa / Closa Monasterolo, Ricardo / Escribano Subías, Joaquín / Ferre Pallas, Natalia / Gispert Llauradó, Mariona / Luque Moreno, Verònica
Keywords: Overweight Obesity Executive function Cognitive function Altered inhibitory control obesity executive function cognitive function altered inhibitory control
Abstract: ©2015 Foundation Acta Pædiatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aim This study investigated the relationship between being overweight or obese and executive function in six- to ten-year-olds. Methods The participants were 515 children (250 boys) from schools in Reus, Spain. The initial sample was measured and weighed and assessed with the Children's Color Trail Test. Children classified as overweight, including obese, and their age- and gender-matched controls (n = 221), were assessed in a second phase with the Five Digit Test (FDT) and the Symbol Digit Modalities Test. Logistic regression models were applied to analyse the effect of executive functions on being overweight, including obese. Results We found that 28.9% of the children were overweight and 7.2% were obese. The FDT showed that inhibition (odds risk of 1.04, range 1.00-1.08, p = 0.04) and flexibility (odds risk of 1.04, range 1.00-1.07, p = 0.02) were significantly associated with overweight, including obesity, regardless of sociodemographic and psychopathological variables. Conclusion These results suggest that children who were overweight or obese had a reduced ability to mobilise the cognitive effort required to inhibit involuntary responses and to switch between different mental operations. A developmental trajectory would provide important insights into the relationship between executive functioning pattern and the risk of being overweight or obese.
Thematic Areas: Serviço social Saúde coletiva Psicología Pediatrics, perinatology and child health Pediatrics Odontología Nutrição Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar General medicine Farmacia Enfermagem Educação física Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 16512227
Author's mail: veronica.luque@urv.cat mariona.gispert@urv.cat mariona.gispert@urv.cat ricardo.closa@urv.cat natalia.ferre@urv.cat josefa.canals@urv.cat joaquin.escribano@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-2615-8175 0000-0002-9963-4163 0000-0002-2838-1525 0000-0002-6209-9558 0000-0002-5041-459X
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
Link to the original source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apa.12976
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Acta Paediatrica. 104 (6): 619-625
APA: Blanco-Gómez A; Ferré N; Luque V; Cardona M; Gispert-Llauradó M; Escribano J; Closa-Monasterolo R; Canals-Sans J (2015). Being overweight or obese is associated with inhibition control in children from six to ten years of age. Acta Paediatrica, 104(6), 619-625. DOI: 10.1111/apa.12976
Article's DOI: 10.1111/apa.12976
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2015
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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