Stress and abdominal fat: Preliminary evidence of moderation by the cortisol awakening response in hispanic peripubertal girls

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 946-952

  Donoho, Carrie J ^a,b   Weigensberg, Marc J ^b   Emken, B Adar ^b   Hsu, Ja Wen ^b   Spruijt Metz, Donna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIFE EVENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; PREPUBERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL STRESS; STRESS;

ADIPOSITY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SCHOOLS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 79955473285     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2010.287     Document Type: Article

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