Association of Sedentary Behavior with Brain Structure and Intelligence in Children with Overweight or Obesity: The ActiveBrains Project
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Zavala-Crichton, Juan Pablo; Esteban Cornejo, Irene; Solís Urra, Patricio; Mora González, José Rafael; Cadenas Sánchez, Cristina; Rodríguez Ayllon, María; Migueles Hidalgo, Jairo; Molina García, Pablo; Verdejo Román, Juan; Catena Martínez, Andrés; Ortega Porcel, Francisco BartoloméEditorial
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Sedentariness Television viewing Magnetic resonance imaging Brain Cognition Childhood Obesity
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2020Referencia bibliográfica
Zavala-Crichton, J. P., Esteban-Cornejo, I., Solis-Urra, P., Mora-Gonzalez, J., Cadenas-Sanchez, C., Rodriguez-Ayllon, M., ... & Hillman, C. H. (2020). Association of Sedentary Behavior with Brain Structure and Intelligence in Children with Overweight or Obesity: The ActiveBrains Project. Journal of clinical medicine, 9(4), 1101. [doi:10.3390/jcm9041101]
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This work study was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (DEP2013-47540, DEP2016-79512-R, and DEP2017-91544-EXP), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), European Union's 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 667302 and the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation. This study was partially funded by the UGR Research and Knowledge Transfer Fund (PPIT) 2016, Excellence Actions Programme. Units of Scientific Excellence; Scientific Unit of Excellence on Excercise and Health (UCEES) and by the Regional Government of Andalusia, Regional Ministry of Economy, Knowledge, Entreprises and University and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), ref. SOMM17/6107/UGR. In addition, this study was further supported by the SAMID III network, RETICS, funded by the PN I+D+I 2017-2021 (Spain), ISCIII-Sub-Directorate General for Research Assessment and Promotion, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (Ref. RD16/0022), the EXERNET Research Network on Exercise and Health in Special Populations (DEP2005-00046/ACTI). IE-C is supported by a grant from the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation and by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (RTI2018-095284-J-100)). CC-S is supported by the Regional Government of Andalusia, Integrated Territorial Initiative 2014-2020 of the province of Cadiz (PI-0002-2017) and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (FJC2018-037925-I). JHM and JM-G are supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (FPU15/02645 and FPU14/06837, respectively). P-MG is supported by Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (Grant/Award Number: 667302). PS-U was supported by a grant from CONICYT/BECAS Chile/72180543. JVR is supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (FJCI-2017-33396). This work is part of the Juan Pablo Zavala-Crichton Ph.D. Thesis conducted in the Official Doctoral Programme in Biomedicine of the University of Granada, Spain.Abstract
We investigated the associations of different sedentary behaviors (SB) with gray matter
volume and we tested whether SB related to gray matter volume is associated with intelligence.
Methods: 99 children with overweight or obesity aged 8–11 years participated in this cross-sectional
study. SB was measured using the Youth Activity Profile-Spain questionnaire. T1-weighted images
were acquired with a 3.0 T Magnetom Tim Trio system. Intelligence was assessed with the Kaufman
Brief Test. Whole-brain voxel-wise multiple regression models were used to test the associations
of each SB with gray matter volume. Results: Watching TV was associated with lower gray matter
volume in six brain regions (β ranging −0.314 to −0.489 and cluster size 106 to 323 voxels; p < 0.001),
playing video games in three brain regions (β ranging −0.391 to −0.359, and cluster size 96 to 461 voxels;
p < 0.001) and total sedentary time in two brain regions (β ranging −0.341 to −0.352, and cluster size 897 to 2455 voxels; p < 0.001). No brain regions showed a significant positive association
(all p > 0.05). Two brain regions were related, or borderline related, to intelligence. Conclusions:
SB could have the potential to negatively influence brain structure and, in turn, intelligence in children
with overweight/obesity.