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Study links teen obesity to enlarged brain regions affecting learning, memory, and emotion.
A recent study at the European Congress on Obesity found that obesity in teenagers is linked to larger brain regions crucial for learning, memory, and emotion control.
Analyzing 3,320 participants, researchers discovered a significant increase in the size of the hippocampus and amygdala in teens with abdominal obesity.
This raises concerns about the impact on cognitive development and emphasizes the need to address both health and social inequalities to support healthy brain development in youth.
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Un estudio relaciona la obesidad de los adolescentes con el agrandamiento de las regiones cerebrales que afectan el aprendizaje, la memoria y la emoción.