Diets high in fat and sugar have been linked to obesity, impaired glucose regulation and hippocampus-dependent deficits, but the exposure duration required to affect cognition remains unclear.
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Diets high in fat and sugar have been linked to obesity, impaired glucose regulation and hippocampus-dependent deficits, but the exposure duration required to affect cognition remains unclear.
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- Cognitive resilience despite metabolic dysfunction after adolescent-onset high-fat high-sucrose diet exposure in rats (2026) · doi
Diets high in fat and sugar have been linked to obesity, impaired glucose regulation and hippocampus-dependent deficits, but the exposure duration required to affect cognition remains unclear.
Keywords: diets high sugar linked obesity impaired glucose regulation hippocampus dependent deficits exposure duration required affect - Habitual daily intake of a sweet and fatty snack modulates reward processing in humans (2023) · doi
Despite a well-documented association between obesity and altered brain dopamine function, it remains elusive whether these alterations are (1) pre-existing, increasing the individual susceptibility to weight gain, (2) secondary to obesity, or (3) directly attributable to repeated exposure to western diet.
Keywords: obesity despite well documented association altered brain dopamine function remains elusive whether alterations existing increasing - IV. THE COGNITIVE IMPLICATIONS OF OBESITY AND NUTRITION IN CHILDHOOD (2014) · doi
Although a handful of studies point to a maladaptive relationship between obesity and aspects of cognitive control, remarkably little is known regarding the impact of fat mass on brain development and cognitive function.
Keywords: cognitive handful point maladaptive relationship obesity aspects control remarkably little known regarding impact mass brain
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