Reading Ability in Childhood Obesity (Lettura_evOB)

Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity, Adolescent; Obesity, Childhood

Treatments: Other: Neuropsychological assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06295406

21C310

Details and patient eligibility

About

There is some evidence about the negative impact of overweight and obesity on reading ability, with negative consequences on quality of life and school success.

In this neuropsychological research, the relationship between the characteristics of reading abilities in individuals with obesity (age range between 11 and 16 years) and the skills of motor coordination, postural stability, manual dexterity, including graphomotor skills, and estimation of time is investigated according to the cerebellar deficit theory.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 11 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of overweight or obesity

Exclusion criteria:

• concurrent neurological, neurodevelopmental (e.g., autism), motor, somatosensory and/or psychiatric disorders.

Trial design

30 participants in 1 patient group

Cases

Description:

Participants with age range between 11 and 16 years, with overweight (BMI\>85° ) or obesity (BMI\>95°)

Treatment:

Other: Neuropsychological assessment