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Science & ResearchSep 4, 2026

Assessing nonlinear associations between body mass index and brain microstructure across adolescence in the ABCD Study

Importance: Adolescent body mass index (BMI) is linked to brain microstructural alterations, but it is not known if this association is uniform across the BMI range.

Importance: Adolescent body mass index (BMI) is linked to brain microstructural alterations, but it is not known if this association is uniform across the BMI range. Objective: To characterize the shape of the association between adolescent BMI and brain microstructure across…

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