Weight spectrum and executive function in adolescents: the moderating role of negative emotions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While recent works suggested that overweight/obesity may impair executive function (EF), the overweight/obesity-EF relationship has not been well studied in adolescents. Furthermore, no research has investigated adolescent EF impairments across the weight spectrum (e.g., underweight or thinness, normal, overweight/obesity), especially those with underweight condition, with the moderating effect of negative emotions in the weight-EF association being limitedly investigated. We aimed to determine whether overall and abdominal weight spectrum associated with EF impairments and to identity whether negative emotions moderate the weight-EF link in adolescents.

Methods

We applied a subsample of the SCHEDULE-A project. Adolescents (11-18 years) were recruited using a mult

SUBMITTER: Lin Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9087912 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature