Executive functioning in obese individuals waiting for clinical treatment

  1. Fátima Gameiro 1
  2. Maria Victoria Perea 2
  3. Valentina Ladera 2
  4. Beatriz Rosa 1
  5. Ricardo García 2
  1. 1 Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
  2. 2 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

Journal:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Year of publication: 2017

Volume: 29

Issue: 1

Pages: 61-66

Type: Article

DOI: 10.7334/PSICOTHEMA2016.202 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Background: Executive functions have an important role in human behavioural regulation and can be a determinant of eating behaviour. Our aim was to study the different components of executive functions in obese individuals waiting for clinical treatment, comparing them with normoweight subjects with similar socio-demographic characteristics. Method: A total of 114 adults (76 obese and 38 normoweight) completed a neuropsychological battery that included tasks of conceptualization and abstraction, motor programming, response maintenance, inhibition and resistance, problem solving, cognitive flexibility, and verbal fluency. Results: There was a statistically significant difference between groups for all the dimensions of the executive functions evaluated, with the obese group showing poorer performance compared to normoweight. Conclusions: Obese individuals demonstrated poorer executive functions than normoweight individuals.

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