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    Executive functioning in obese individuals waiting for clinical treatment
    (Psicothema, 2017) Gameiro, Fátima; Perea Bartolomé, María Victoria; Ladera Fernández, Valentina; Rosa, Beatriz; García García, Ricardo; Instituto de Serviço Social
    Background: Executive functions have an important role in human behavioural regulation and can be a determinant of eating behaviour. Our aim was to study the different components of executive functions in obese individuals waiting for clinical treatment, comparing them with normoweight subjects with similar socio-demographic characteristics. Method: A total of 114 adults (76 obese and 38 normoweight) completed a neuropsychological battery that included tasks of conceptualization and abstraction, motor programming, response maintenance, inhibition and resistance, problem solving, cognitive fl exibility, and verbal fl uency. Results: There was a statistically signifi cant difference between groups for all the dimensions of the executive functions evaluated, with the obese group showing poorer performance compared to normoweight. Conclusions: Obese individuals demonstrated poorer executive functions than normoweight individuals.