The relation of adiposity to cognitive control and scholastic achievement in preadolescent children

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2406-2411

  Kamijo, Keita ^a   Khan, Naiman A ^a   Pontifex, Matthew B ^a   Scudder, Mark R ^a   Drollette, Eric S ^a   Raine, Lauren B ^a   Evans, Ellen M ^b   Castelli, Darla M ^c   Hillman, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACHIEVEMENT; ADIPOSITY; APTITUDE; CHILD; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; OBESITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870296960     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2012.112     Document Type: Article

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