Executive Functioning in Extreme Obesity: Contributions from Metabolic Status, Medical Comorbidities, and Psychiatric Factors.
Kyler MulhauserEvan L ReynoldsBrian C CallaghanCassandra FierroBruno GiordaniKristen VotrubaPublished in: Obesity surgery (2021)
Individuals with extreme obesity in this sample showed lower cognitive performance on measures of executive functioning, processing speed, and learning compared to lean controls. Abdominal obesity was associated with executive functioning deficits independent of many common medical and psychiatric factors.