Executive functioning in obese individuals waiting for clinical treatment

• Fátima Gameiro ^[1] ; Maria Victoria Perea ^[2] ; Valentina Ladera ^[2] ; Beatriz Rosa ^[1] ; Ricardo García ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidade Lusófona

     Universidade Lusófona

     Socorro, Portugal

     
  2. [2] Universidad de Salamanca

     Universidad de Salamanca

     Salamanca, España

     
• Localización: Psicothema, ISSN-e 1886-144X, ISSN 0214-9915, Vol. 29, Nº. 1, 2017, págs. 61-66
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2016.202
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Funcionamiento ejecutivo en sujetos obesos en espera de tratamiento clínico.
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  • español

    Antecedentes: las funciones ejecutivas tienen un papel importante en la regulación del comportamiento humano y pueden ser un determinante en la conducta alimentaria. El objetivo fue estudiar diferentes componentes de las funciones ejecutivas en individuos obesos en espera de tratamiento clínico, comparándolos con individuos con normopeso con características sociodemográficas similares. Método: participaron 114 adultos (76 obesos y 38 con normopeso) que completaron una batería neuropsicológica que incluyó tareas de conceptualización y abstracción, programación motora, manutención de respuesta, control inhibitorio, resolución de tareas, flexibilidad cognitiva y fluencia verbal. Resultados: existen diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre los grupos en todas las tareas del funcionamiento ejecutivo evaluadas. El grupo de los obesos obtuvo puntuaciones más bajas que el grupo con normopeso. Conclusiones: los individuos sujetos obesos revelan peor funcionamiento ejecutivo que los con normopeso.

  • English

    Background: Executive functions have an important role in human behavioural regulation and can be a determinant of eating behaviour. Our aim was to study the different components of executive functions in obese individuals waiting for clinical treatment, comparing them with normoweight subjects with similar socio-demographic characteristics. Method: A total of 114 adults (76 obese and 38 normoweight) completed a neuropsychological battery that included tasks of conceptualization and abstraction, motor programming, response maintenance, inhibition and resistance, problem solving, cognitive flexibility, and verbal fluency. Results: There was a statistically significant difference between groups for all the dimensions of the executive functions evaluated, with the obese group showing poorer performance compared to normoweight. Conclusions: Obese individuals demonstrated poorer executive functions than normoweight individuals.

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