Restrained Eating Is Associated with Lower Cortical Thickness in the Inferior Frontal Gyrus in Adolescents

Autor: Isabel García-García, Jonatan Ottino-Gonzalez, Maite Garolera, Anna Prunell-Castañé, María Ángeles Jurado, X. Prats-Soteras
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Brain Sciences
Volume 11
Issue 8
Dipòsit Digital de la UB
Universidad de Barcelona
Brain Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 978, p 978 (2021)
ISSN: 2076-3425
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11080978
Popis: 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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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