BackgroundPrevious research has implicated demographic, psychological, behavioral, and
cognitive variables in the onset and maintenance of pediatric overweight/obesity. No …

Childhood obesity is a serious health concern that is not yet fully understood. Previous
research has linked obesity with neurobehavioral factors such as behavior, cognition, and …

Background Psychological and behavioral correlates are considered important in the
development and persistence of obesity in both adults and youth. This study aimed to …

Objective: Childhood overweight and obesity have increased substantially in the past two
decades, raising concerns about their psychosocial and cognitive consequences. We …

Background Weight-related health conditions and depression peak during adolescence and
show relations with brain structure. Understanding how these conditions relate to each other …

Elevated body mass index (BMI) is associated with adverse neurocognitive outcome in
adults, including reduced neuropsychological test performance. It is unknown whether this …

Introduction/Objective Adolescence is a critical period for the development of obesity.
Obesity arises from a complex interaction between several factors, which are not yet fully …

Multimodal neuroimaging assessments were utilized to identify generalizable brain
correlates of current body mass index (BMI) and predictors of pathological weight gain (ie …

Background Higher body mass index (BMI) and internalizing symptoms often codevelop with
each other, and both of them have been widely linked to child later maladjustment. However …

Rates of childhood overweight and obesity among youth in the United States remain
historically high and can persist into adulthood, resulting in increased health care …