Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Links to Food Insecurity and Individual, Maternal, and Family Stressors

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-237

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

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Low income; Obesity; Overweight; Stressors; Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three City Study (Three City Study)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; FAMILY STRESS; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL STRESS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66749101720     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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