The relationship of health behaviors to childhood cognition and brain health

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-4

  Hillman, Charles H ^a   Khan, Naiman A ^a   Kao, Shih Chun ^a  

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

Author keywords

Academic performance; Adiposity; Cognitive control; Executive control; Fitness; Obesity; Physical activity; Scholastic achievement

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BODY MASS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TASK PERFORMANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BRAIN; CHILD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BODY COMPOSITION; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 84932183757     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000381237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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