Measurement matters: Higher waist-to-hip ratio but not body mass index is associated with deficits in executive functions and episodic memory

• Main Authors: HARTANTO, Andree, YONG, Jose C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Body mass index; Executive functions; Waist-to-hip ratio; Episodic memory; Cognition and Perception; Mental and Social Health; Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2732; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3989/viewcontent/peerj_5624.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Background: The current study aimed to reconcile the inconsistent findings between obesity, executive functions, and episodic memory by addressing major limitations of previous studies, including overreliance on body mass index (BMI), small sample sizes, and failure to control for confounds. Methods...