Food security, maternal stressors, and overweight among low-income US children: Results from the national health and nutrition examination survey (1999-2002)

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Gundersen, Craig ^a   Lohman, Brenda J ^b   Garasky, Steven ^b   Stewart, Susan ^b   Eisenmann, Joey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood overweight; Food insecurity; NHANES; Poverty; Stressors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51649115357     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0556     Document Type: Article

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