Paediatric obesity and brain functioning: The role of physical activity—A novel and important expert opinion of the European Childhood Obesity Group
Irene Esteban-Cornejo
PROFITH "PROmoting FITness and Health Through Physical Activity" Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorJohn Reilly
School of Psychological Sciences & Health, Physical Activity for Health Group, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Search for more papers by this authorFrancisco B. Ortega
PROFITH "PROmoting FITness and Health Through Physical Activity" Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorPawel Matusik
School of Medicine in Katowice, Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorArtur Mazur
Pediatric Department, Clinical Provincial Hospital No. 2 in Rzeszów, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Search for more papers by this authorEva Erhardt
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Department of Paediatrics, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
Search for more papers by this authorAnders Forslund
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Search for more papers by this authorElpis Athina Vlachopapadopoulou
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Department of Endocrinology, Children’s Hosp. P. & A. Kyriakou, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorMargherita Caroli
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Paediatric Department, Brindisi Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorEmma Boyland
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Appetite & Obesity Research Group, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Search for more papers by this authorDaniel Weghuber
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Austria, Salzburg
Obesity Research Unit, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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David Thivel
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Laboratory of the Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise under Physiological and Pathological Conditions, Clermont Auvergne University, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Auvergne Regional Center for Human Nutrition, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Correspondence
Thivel David, Laboratory of the Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise under Physiological and Pathological Conditions (AME2P), Clermont University, EA 3533, F-63171 Aubière cedex, Clermont-Ferrand BP 80026, France.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorIrene Esteban-Cornejo
PROFITH "PROmoting FITness and Health Through Physical Activity" Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorJohn Reilly
School of Psychological Sciences & Health, Physical Activity for Health Group, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Search for more papers by this authorFrancisco B. Ortega
PROFITH "PROmoting FITness and Health Through Physical Activity" Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorPawel Matusik
School of Medicine in Katowice, Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorArtur Mazur
Pediatric Department, Clinical Provincial Hospital No. 2 in Rzeszów, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Search for more papers by this authorEva Erhardt
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Department of Paediatrics, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
Search for more papers by this authorAnders Forslund
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Search for more papers by this authorElpis Athina Vlachopapadopoulou
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Department of Endocrinology, Children’s Hosp. P. & A. Kyriakou, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorMargherita Caroli
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Paediatric Department, Brindisi Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorEmma Boyland
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Appetite & Obesity Research Group, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Search for more papers by this authorDaniel Weghuber
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Austria, Salzburg
Obesity Research Unit, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
David Thivel
European Childhood Obesity Group, Brussels, Belgium
Laboratory of the Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise under Physiological and Pathological Conditions, Clermont Auvergne University, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Auvergne Regional Center for Human Nutrition, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Correspondence
Thivel David, Laboratory of the Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise under Physiological and Pathological Conditions (AME2P), Clermont University, EA 3533, F-63171 Aubière cedex, Clermont-Ferrand BP 80026, France.
Email: [email protected]
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While most of the time unconsidered, child and adolescent obesity has been also associated with impaired brain health and function that can definitely affect their social interaction and integration, and then well-being and mental health. The European Childhood Obesity Group recently gathered experts in the field who discussed the main available and reliable evidence regarding the role of physical activity on brain health and cognitive functioning in children and adolescents with obesity and who propose here their main conclusions and recommendations.
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