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Title: | Restrained Eating Is Associated with Lower Cortical Thickness in the Inferior Frontal Gyrus in Adolescents |
Author: | García-García, Isabel Garolera i Freixa, Maite Ottino González, Jonatan Prats Soteras, Xavier Prunell Castañé, Anna Jurado, Ma. Ángeles (María Ángeles) |
Keywords: | Trastorns de la conducta alimentària Impulsos (Psicologia) Dieta Eating disorders Impulse Diet |
Issue Date: | 23-Jul-2021 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Abstract: | Some eating patterns, such as restrained eating and uncontrolled eating, are risk factors for eating disorders. However, it is not yet clear whether they are associated with neurocognitive differences. In the current study, we analyzed whether eating patterns can be used to classify participants into meaningful clusters, and we examined whether there are neurocognitive differences between the clusters. Adolescents (n = 108; 12 to 17 years old) and adults (n = 175, 18 to 40 years old) completed the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire, which was used to classify participants according to their eating profile using k means clustering. Participants also completed personality questionnaires and a neuropsychological examination. A subsample of participants underwent a brain MRI acquisition. In both samples, we obtained a cluster characterized by high uncontrolled eating patterns, a cluster with high scores in restrictive eating, and a cluster with low scores in problematic eating behaviors. The clusters were equivalent with regards to personality and performance in executive functions. In adolescents, the cluster with high restrictive eating showed lower cortical thickness in the inferior frontal gyrus compared to the other two clusters. We hypothesize that this difference in cortical thickness represents an adaptive neural mechanism that facilitates inhibition processes. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11080978 |
It is part of: | Brain Sciences, 2021, vol. 11, num. 8, p. 978 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/180587 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11080978 |
ISSN: | 2076-3425 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia) |
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