ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0020.9-10 | Obesity as a Brain Disease | ESPEYB20

9.10. Excess BMI in early adolescence adversely impacts maturating functional circuits supporting high-level cognition and their structural correlates

SJ Brooks , C Smith , C Stamoulis

Brief summary: This study analyzed cross-sectional data on almost 5,000 adolescents from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) cohort data (https://abcdstudy.org/), including resting state functional MRI, structural MRI and neurocognitive task scores. Excess BMI in young adolescents was associated with profound aberrant topological alterations in maturating functional circuits, as well as with underdeveloped brain structures that may adversely impact cogni...