Visceral fat is associated with lower executive functioning in adolescents

Obesity, a major risk factor for cardiometabolic disease, is associated with lower cognitive performance from childhood to senescence, especially on tasks of executive function. In the cardiovascular domain, fat stored viscerally rather than elsewhere in the body carries particularly high risk. It is unknown whether this is also true in case of obesity–cognition relationships. The aim of this study was to assess the cross-sectional relationship...