Publication: Cognitive training therapy improves the effect of hypocaloric treatment on subjects with overweight/obesity: a randomised clinical trial
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Galindo Muñoz, Joaquín S. ; Morillas Ruiz, Juana María ; Díaz Soler, Inmaculada ; Barberá Ortega, María del Carmen ; Hernández Morante, Juan José ; Martínez Cáceres, Carlos Manuel ; Gómez Gallego, María
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MDPI
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https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11040925
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© 2019 by the authors. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Nutrients. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11040925
Abstract
Abstract: Obesity has been associated with impaired cognitive performance. This study aimed
to determine whether improvements in cognitive function may contribute to higher weight loss
in patients with obesity. In this randomised, 12-week trial, participants with overweight/obesity
were randomised into a cognitive training intervention (Cognitive) group or a cognitive-behavioural
(Control) group. In addition, both groups followed a hypocaloric dietary treatment. Cognitive
functioning measurements and anthropometrical parameters were evaluated. All cognitive measures
improved in the intervention group (p < 0.005 in all contrasts). In controls, significant improvements
in attention, flexibility and task planning were also observed. Regarding anthropometrical parameters,
the effect of the intervention in the cognitive group was higher for the total percentage of weight
loss, body mass index (BMI), body fat and waist circumference. Biochemical parameters improved
in both groups. Attending to our data, cognitive training was more effective that the hypocaloric
intervention alone, partly related to an improvement in the working memory. Despite the shortage of
training interventions for executive functions in the context of weight control, this type of combined
intervention could establish the first steps towards a more appropriate intervention for patients
with obesity.
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Nutrients, 2019, Vol. 11 (4) : 925
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