Friday, 20 Dec 2019 02:00 PM MYTNEW YORK, Dec 20 — New US research has found that obese children show changes in their brain structure which could affect brain functioning.
Every two years, the participants were interviewed by researchers, asked to undergo a series of tests and brain scans and provide blood samples., showed that the children who had a higher body mass index tended to have a thinner cortex, especially in the prefrontal cortex, which is significant according to the researchers as executive function are controlled in this part of the brain.
“Our hypothesis going into the study was that the thickness of the cerebral cortex would ‘mediate’ — or serve as an explanatory link for — the relationship between BMI and executive function,” said lead author Jennifer Laurent, who added that more research is now needed to explore the link between children’s BMI, structural changes in the brain and executive function.
“We know from rodent models and adult studies that obesity can induce low grade inflammatory effects, which actually do alter cellular structure,” says Laurent.
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