New research in JAMA Pediatrics found that obese children had a thinner pre-frontal cortex than normal weight children.The thinner cortex could be factor in the decreased executive function earlier studies observed among children with higher BMI, which the new study confirmed.Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study: Obesity Could Affect Brain Development in Children
New research in JAMA Pediatrics found that obese children had a thinner pre-frontal cortex than normal weight children.The thinner cortex could be factor in the decreased executive function earlier studies observed among children with higher BMI, which the new study confirmed.
