Obesity is associated with memory deficits in young and middle-aged adults

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Gunstad, J ^a,e   Paul, R H ^a   Cohen, R A ^a   Tate, D F ^a   Gordon, E ^b,c,d  

^a Brown University Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^b Brain Resource Company   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Memory; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745803678     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327747     Document Type: Article

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