Higher BMI is associated with reduced cognitive performance in Division i athletes

Obesity Facts

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-192

  Fedor, Andrew ^a   Gunstad, John ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Physical activity; Risk factors; Weight status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCUSSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FITNESS; IMMEDIATE POST CONCUSSION AND COGNITIVE TEST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBESITY; SPORTS; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877287697     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351138     Document Type: Article

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