**RETRACTION NOTICE TO**: THE EFFECTS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING

MARCO LA MARRA^1,§, ANNA VALENZANO^2,§, MARIA RUBERTO^3§, RAFFAELLA PERRELLA⁴, ALESSANDRO IAVARONE⁵, SERGIO CHIEFFI¹, VINCENZO MONDA¹, GIUSEPPE DAVIDE ALBANO², FRANCESCO SESSA², GABRIELLA MARSALA⁶, DOMENICO CENTOFANTI⁷, MONICA SALERNO², ANTONIO IVANO TRIGGIANI^2,*, ANTONIETTA MESSINA^1,*,  GIORGIO CAVIGLIA⁴

¹Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”,  Naples, Italy - ²Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy - ³Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialties Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy - ⁴Department of Psychology, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy - ⁵Neurological and Stroke Unit, CTO Hospital, AORN ‘‘Ospedali dei Colli’’, Naples, Italy - ⁶Struttura Complessa di Farmacia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia, Italy - ⁷National Association of Nutrition Science Specialists and Italian Society of Aesthetic Medicine

Recent findings showed that obesity represent a risk factor to developingbrain illness such as cognitive impairments and psychopathological disorders. Weight increase additively afflicts brain structure of cognitively impaired patients but is linked with poor brain volumes even in healthy subjects. Further, several studies show that subjects with psychiatric disorders are more likely than general population to be obese. Hovewer, the process by which weight gain injures cognitive abilities and psychological well-being remain unclear.In this review we analyze the relationships between obesity andbrain illness and underline the role played by covariates to determine this link.