Stress and paediatric obesity: What we know and where to go

Stress and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-102

  Wilson, Shana M ^a   Sato, Amy F ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child; obesity; stress; weight

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHRONIC STRESS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FAMILY STRESS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; STRESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897580888     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2501     Document Type: Article

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