Neural correlates of familial obesity risk and overweight in adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rates of adolescent obesity and overweight are high. The offspring of overweight parents are at increased risk of becoming obese later in life. Investigating neural correlates of familial obesity risk and current overweight status in adolescence could help identify biomarkers that predict future obesity and that may serve as novel targets for obesity interventions.

Objective

Our primary aim was to use functional MRI to compare neural responses to words denoting high or low energy density (ED) foods and non-foods, in currently lean adolescents at higher compared with lower familial risk for obesity, and in overweight compared with lean adolescents. Secondary aims were to assess group differences in subjective appetite when viewing food and non-food words, and in ob

SUBMITTER: Carnell S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5671352 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature