Do fitter kids have bigger brains?

Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2020 Dec;30(12):2498-2502. doi: 10.1111/sms.13824.

Authors

Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez^{1

2}, Jairo H Migueles¹, Kirk I Erickson³, Irene Esteban-Cornejo¹, Andrés Catena⁴, Francisco B Ortega^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ PROFITH "PROmoting FITness and Health through physical activity" research group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
² Institute for Innovation & Sustainable Development in Food Chain (IS-FOOD), Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
³ Brain Aging & Cognitive Health Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁴ Department of Experimental Psychology, Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
⁵ Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at NOVUM, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.

PMID: 33314403
DOI: 10.1111/sms.13824

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Brain / anatomy & histology*
Brain / physiology*
Child
Cognition / physiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Muscle Strength / physiology*
Organ Size / physiology*
Overweight
Physical Fitness / physiology*

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