Children at high familial risk for obesity show executive functioning deficits prior to development of excess weight status.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to determine whether children with healthy weight who vary by familial risk for obesity differ in executive functioning.

Methods

Children (age 7-8 years) without obesity (n = 93, 52% male) who differed by familial risk for obesity (based on maternal weight status) completed go/no-go and stop-signal tasks to assess inhibitory control and an N-back task to assess working memory. Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry measured adiposity. Linear and mixed-effect models assessed unique effects and relative importance analysis-quantified relative effects of familial risk and percent body fat.

Results

Children at high compared with low familial risk showed worse inhibitory control; however, child adiposity was not associated with inhibitor

SUBMITTER: Pearce AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10884994 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature