The prefrontal cortex plays a central role in the control of complex cognitive processes
including action control and decision making. It also shows a specific pattern of delayed …

Obesity and components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) are associated with differences
in brain structure and function and in general and food‐related cognition in adults. Here, we …

High-fat diet (HFD) consumption leads to obesity and a chronic state of low-grade
inflammation, named metainflammation. Notably, metainflammation contributes to …

Western diet (WD) consumption during early life developmental periods is associated with
impaired memory function, particularly for hippocampus (HPC)-dependent processes. We …

Rationale: The high fat and sucrose diet, known as the obesogenic diet (OD), has been
related to low-grade chronic inflammation and neurodevelopmental disorders. Emerging …

Obesity is an important public health problem nowadays. Long-term obesity can trigger a
series of chronic diseases and impair the learning and memory function of the brain. Current …

Objective The study aim was to determine whether (A) differences in executive function (EF)
and cognition precede weight gain or (B) weight gain causes changes to EF and cognition …

In addition to metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, obesity is associated with cognitive
deficits in humans and animal models. We have previously shown that obesogenic high-fat …

During adolescence, processes that control food intake (executive functions [EF]) undergo
extensive refinement; underlying differences in EF may explain the inability to resist …

Dietary composition is associated with the differential prevalence of psychiatric disorders;
the Western diet confers increased risk, while the Mediterranean diet appears to reduce risk …