Higher Adolescent Body Mass Index is Associated with Lower Regional Gray and White Matter Volumes and Lower Levels of Positive Emotionality

Higher Adolescent Body Mass Index is Associated with Lower Regional Gray and White Matter Volumes and Lower Levels of Positive Emotionality

Adolescent obesity is associated with an increased chance of developing serious health risks later in life. Identifying the neurobiological and personality factors related to increases in adiposity is important to understanding what drives maladaptive consummatory and exercise behaviors that result...

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Main Authors: James T Kennedy, Paul F Collins, Monica Luciana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
Obesity
Personality
adolescence
BMI
Voxel Based Morphometry
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2016.00413/full

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