Physical fitness, exercise and brain health in children with overweight/obesity: The ActiveBrains randomized controlled trial Mora González, José Rafael Ortega Porcel, Francisco Bartolomé Esteban Cornejo, Irene Universidad de Granada. Programa de Doctorado en Biomedicina Physical fitness Exercise and brain health Childhood obesity Childhood obesity has been catalogued as one of the most serious public health problems. Among the most important consequences of childhood obesity we can find its negative influence on brain health. Childhood is a critical period for neurodevelopment, and the presence of obesity could negatively alter it. In this context, health-related factors such as physical fitness or physical activity may help to counteract this negative influence. Although there is emerging evidence on this respect, it is still not sufficient to draw firm conclusions and several limitations have been identified in this body of literature and must be addressed. Therefore, the overall aim of the present International Doctoral Thesis is to study the role of physical fitness, physical activity, and sedentary time in brain health outcomes (SECTION 1), and to investigate the effect of a 4.5-month physical exercise program on brain health (SECTION 2) in children with overweight/obesity. 2019-10-23T07:30:47Z 2019-10-23T07:30:47Z 2019 2019-09-26 doctoral thesis Mora González, José Rafael. Physical fitness, exercise and brain health in children with overweight/obesity: The ActiveBrains randomized controlled trial. Granada: Universidad de Granada, 2019. [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/57466] 9788413063294 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/57466 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ open access Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España Universidad de Granada