Familial Obesity Risk and Current Excess Weight Influence Brain Structure in Adolescents.

CONCLUSIONS: Familial obesity risk and current obesity/overweight were associated with overlapping and distinct patterns of brain structure alterations. Longitudinal studies are warranted to investigate whether structural changes associated with familial obesity risk predict future weight trajectories. PMID: 33280265 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33280265?dopt=Abstract

Source: Obesity - December 5, 2020 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Thapaliya G, Chen L, Jansen E, Smith KR, Sadler JR, Benson L, Papantoni A, Carnell S Tags: Obesity (Silver Spring) Source Type: research