The interconnection between obesity and executive function in adolescence: The role of the gut microbiome.

ABSTRACT: In the United States, adolescent obesity is a growing epidemic associated with maladaptive executive functioning. Likewise, data link the microbiome to obesity. Emerging microbiome research has demonstrated an interconnection between the gut microbiome and the brain, indicating a bidirectional communication system within the gut-microbiome-brain axis in the pathophysiology of obesity. This narrative review identifies and summarizes relevant research connecting adolescent obesity as it relates to three core domains of executive functioning and the contribution of the gut microbiome in the relationship between obesity and executive functions in adolescence. The review suggests that (1) the interconnection between obesity, executive function, and the gut microbiome is a bidirectional connecti

SUBMITTER: Lane JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10592180 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature