The relation of saturated fats and dietary cholesterol to childhood cognitive flexibility.

ABSTRACT: Identification of health behaviors and markers of physiological health associated with childhood cognitive function has important implications for public health policy targeted toward cognitive health throughout the life span. Although previous studies have shown that aerobic fitness and obesity exert contrasting effects on cognitive flexibility among prepubertal children, the extent to which diet plays a role in cognitive flexibility has received little attention. Accordingly, this study examined associations between saturated fats and cholesterol intake and cognitive flexibility, assessed using a task switching paradigm, among prepubertal children between 7 and 10 years (N = 150). Following adjustment of confounding variables (age, sex, socioeconomic status, IQ, VO2max, and BMI), childre

SUBMITTER: Khan NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4546872 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature