Authors: A M Veses S GómezMartínez F Pérez de Heredia I EstebanCornejo R Castillo S Estecha M GarcíaFuentes O L Veiga M E Calle A Marcos
Publish Date: 2014/07/31
Volume: 174, Issue: 2, Pages: 229-236
Abstract
Eating disorders ED can arise from a combination of biological and psychological factors Some studies suggest that intellectual factors might be important in the development of ED although the evidence is still scarce The aim of this study was to examine the association between cognition measurements cognitive performance and academic achievement and the risk of developing ED in adolescents considering their weight status The sample consisted of 3307 adolescents 1756 girls aged 13–185 years who participated in the AVENA n = 1430 783 girls and AFINOS n = 1877 973 girls studies Cognitive performance was measured by the TEA test in the AVENA study and academic achievement was selfreported in the AFINOS study ED risk was evaluated in both studies by using the SCOFF questionnaire Body mass index was calculated to classify adolescents as nonoverweight or overweight including obesity Overweight adolescents showed a higher risk of developing ED than nonoverweight ones in both studies In the AVENA study overweight boys with low performance in reasoning ability showed increased risk of ED p = 005 In the AFINOS study overweight boys with low academic performance in physical education and nonoverweight girls with low academic achievement in all the areas analyzed showed higher risk of ED than their peers all p 005 Conclusion No association between cognitive performance and ED risk was found in adolescents while academic achievement was associated with ED risk especially in nonoverweight girls The noncognitive traits that accompany academic achievement could influence the likelihood of developing ED in these girlsThe authors gratefully acknowledge the adolescents and their parents who participated in this study The AVENA Study was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Health FIS 00/0015 and grants from Panrico SA Madaus SA and Procter Gamble SA The AFINOS Study was supported by grant DEP200656184C03010203/PREV from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science and cofunded by FEDER funds from European UnionGranada MJ Castillo MD Cano R Sola Biochemistry A Gutiérrez JL Mesa J Ruiz Physical Fitness M Delgado P Tercedor P Chillón Physical Activity FB Ortega M Martín F Carreño GV Rodríguez R Castillo F Arellano Collaborators Universidad de Granada E18071 Granada Madrid A Marcos M GonzálezGross J Wärnberg S Medina F Sánchez Muniz E Nova A Montero B de la Rosa S GómezMartínez S Samartín J Romeo R Álvarez Coordination Immunology A Álvarez Cytometric Analysis L Barrios Statistical Analysis A Leyva B Payá Psychological Assessment L Martínez E Ramos R Ortiz A Urzanqui Collaborators Instituto de Nutrición y Bromatología Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas CSIC E28040 Madrid Murcia S Zamora M Garaulet F PérezLlamas JC Baraza JF Marín F Pérez de Heredia MA Fernández C González R García C Torralba E Donat E Morales MD García JA Martínez JJ Hernández A Asensio FJ Plaza MJ López Diet Analysis Dpto Fisiología Universidad de Murcia E30100 Murcia Santander M García Fuentes D GonzálezLamuño P de Rufino R PérezPrieto D Fernández T Amigo Genetic study Dpto Pediatría Universidad de Cantabria E 19003 Santander Zaragoza M Bueno LA Moreno A Sarriá J Fleta G Rodríguez CM Gil MI Mesana JA Casajús V Blay MG Blay Anthropometric Assessment Escuela Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud Universidad de Zaragoza E50009 ZaragozaSubstudy 1 Calle ME Regidor E MartínezHernández D EstebanGonzalo L Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health Universidad Complutense de Madrid E 28040 Madrid Spain Substudy 2 Villagra A Veiga OL delCampo J Moya JM MartínezGómez D Zapatera B Department of Physical Education Sport and Human Movement Facultad de Formación del Profesorado y Educación Universidad Autonoma de Madrid E28049 Madrid Spain Substudy 3 Marcos A GómezMartínez S Nova E Wärnberg J Romeo J Diaz LE Pozo T Puertollano MA MartínezGómez D Zapatera B Veses A Immunonutrition Research Group Department of Metabolism and Nutrition Institute of Food Science Technology and Nutrition ICTAN Instituto del Frio Spanish National Research Council CSIC E28040 Madrid Spain
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