Brain activation to high-calorie food images in healthy normal weight and obese children: a fMRI study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding how normal weight and obese young children process high-calorie food stimuli may provide information relevant to the neurobiology of eating behavior contributing to childhood obesity. In this study, we used fMRI to evaluate whether brain activation to high-calorie food images differs between normal weight and obese young children.

Methods

Brain activation maps in response to high-calorie food images and non-food images for 22 healthy, 8-10-years-old children (N = 11/11 for normal weight/obese respectively) were generated and compared between groups.

Results

When comparing brain activation differences in response to viewing high-calorie food versus non-food images between normal weight and obese children, group differences were observed

SUBMITTER: Samara A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6276149 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature