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Deterioro Neuropsicológico en Niños Mexicanos con Estados Nutricionales Alterados: Desnutrición Leve a Moderada vs. Obesidad
Verónica Portillo-Reyes Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. Chihuahua, México. Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Granada. Granada, EspañaAntonio E. Puente Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Carolina del Norte en Wilmington. Estados Unidos. Miguel Pérez-García Instituto de Neurociencias F. Oloriz, Universidad de Granada. Granada, España. CIBERSAM, Universidad de Granada. Granada, España. Yolanda Loya-Méndez Departamento de Nutrición, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. Chihuahua, México.
Neuropsychological Impairment inMexican Children with Altered Nutritional States: Mild to Moderate Malnutrition vs. Obesity Summary Recently, concern about how eating habits, specifically child malnourishment and obesity affect at cognitive level has
Correspondencia: Verónica Portillo-Reyes. Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. Av. Universidad S/N C.P.32000, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México. Teléfono (0052) 656 688 3800 al 09Ext. 3594. Correo electrónico: vportill@uacj.mx
Revista Neuropsicología, Neuropsiquiatría y Neurociencias, Octubre 2011, Vol.11, Nº2, pp. 133-146 133 ISSN: 0124-1265
Portillo-Reyes et al. increased. However, the investigation results are inconclusive. Hence, the objective of this research was to study malnourished and obese children's neuropsychological performance. A total of 104 children(47 boys and 57 girls) who were between 8 and 12 years old were evaluated with neuropsychological tests (Child neuropsychological evaluation, Wechsler intelligence Scale for Children-IV, Stroop Color and Word Test, Complex Rey Figure and the Trail Making Test). Results show up that obese children have worse memory, abstract reasoning and following instructions than normal weight children. Inaddition, obese children have worse memory and visual closure than malnourished children. Low malnourished children had the same performance than normal weight children. However, impairment prevalence was similar in both groups. Concluding, our results show that obese children have lower performance than malnourished children but impairment prevalence is similar in both groups for the same functions.Keywords: Nutritional status, cognition in children, neuropsychological impairment. Allegrante, 2007), e incluso una pandemia (Malecka-Tendera & Mazur, 2006) especialmente en América Latina (Amigo, 2003). Particularmente en México, datos específicos de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición (ENSANUT) (Olaiz et al., 2006), la prevalencia de baja talla en niños de 5 a 11 años de edad entre el...
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