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2025-10-24T08:28:35Z urn:hdl:11351/10144 Influence of Executive Function Training on BMI, Food Choice, and Cognition in Children with Obesity: Results from the TOuCH Study Luis-Ruiz, Sandra Sanchez-Castañeda, Cristina Miserachs-González, Sara Ramon-Krauel, Marta Lerin, Carles Sánchez Garre, Consuelo MIRÓ SANCHO, NÚRIA Martínez, Sònia Garolera, Maite Obesitat en els infants Qualitat de vida Cognició DISEASES::Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases::Nutrition Disorders::Overnutrition::Obesity::Pediatric Obesity ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA::Social Sciences::Quality of Life PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY::Psychological Phenomena::Mental Processes::Cognition ENFERMEDADES::enfermedades nutricionales y metabólicas::trastornos nutricionales::hipernutrición::obesidad::obesidad pediátrica ANTROPOLOGÍA, EDUCACIÓN, SOCIOLOGÍA Y FENÓMENOS SOCIALES::ciencias sociales::calidad de vida PSIQUIATRÍA Y PSICOLOGÍA::fenómenos psicológicos::procesos mentales::cognición Obesitat en els infants; Qualitat de vida; Cognició Obesidad pediátrica; Calidad de vida; Cognición Pediatric obesity; Quality of life; Cognition Background: Children with obesity have a higher risk of future health and psychological problems. Executive functions (EFs) play a key role in successful dietetic and exercise planning; therefore, new treatments aimed at improving EFs may optimize outcomes. Objectives: This study evaluates the impact of EF training on body mass index (BMI), food choice, and cognition in children with obesity. We also examine their real-life executive functioning, emotional state, and quality of life. Methods: Randomized controlled double-blind trial. Forty-six children with obesity were randomly allocated into an executive functions training or a control task training group and attended 30-45 min of daily training (5/week over 6 weeks), with both groups receiving counseling on diet and wearing an activity/sleep tracker. Participants were evaluated at baseline and after treatment. Results: BMI decreased over time in the whole sample, although there were no differences between groups at post-training in BMI, food choice, and cognition. Both groups showed significant improvements in attention, speed, cognitive flexibility, and inhibitory control. Additionally, there were some benefits in real-life executive functioning and self-esteem. Over the 6 weeks, participants showed worse food choices in both groups. Conclusions: EFs training showed a lack of significant effects. The executive function enhancement alone did not explain these changes, as there were no significant differences between the experimental groups. It might be that the control task training could also produce some benefits, and multi-component interventions might be useful for weight loss. This study was financed by Fundació La Marató de TV3 (Grant 201616-10), by Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) from Generalitat de Catalunya (Grant 2017SGR0748) and by a predoctoral grant from AGAUR (Grant FI-DGR 2018) to SL. 2025-10-24T08:28:35Z 2025-10-24T08:28:35Z 2023-08-24T08:07:10Z 2023-08-24T08:07:10Z 2023-02-17 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/11351/10144 Brain Sciences;13(2) https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13020346 Attribution 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI Scientia