Exploration the Role of Obeseity on Frontal Lobe of Obese and Normal Women

The following information describes executive function, brain-controlled functions that guide various functions of the body such as planning, solving problems, organizing and directing the body to carry out daily activities. In addition executive function involves developing initiatives, making appropriate decisions, considering consequences, working memory, prioritizing, paying attention (and not being distracted), focusing on important details, working toward a goal, shifting (to the next steps of a task or to the next task), and stopping a finished action or task. Besides obesity, frontal lobe based cognitive deficits in depressed patients are confirmed, and interactions between depression and obesity are known. In our study we investigated the relationship between State /Trait anxiety, mood on frontal lobe and female obesity. Our findings revealed reduced mental flexibility and sustained attention capacity in obesity together with the presence of depressive mood.

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obesity , Affects states , Trait-State anxiety , Frontal Lobe