Obesity Linked to Cognitive Decline
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•Sleep loss impacts overweight teens' cognitive abilities more severely
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Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham aimed to investigate the effects of adiposity and sleep on adolescent cognitive function.
Previous research has established a link between pediatric obesity and cognitive difficulties, such as impaired executive function.
Poor sleep has also been associated with increased adiposity (having a lot of body fat) and impaired cognition.
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