Stress- and PTSD-associated obesity and metabolic dysfunction: A growing problem requiring further research and novel treatments

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1463-1468

  Farr, Olivia M ^a   Sloan, Denise M ^b   Keane, Terence M ^b   Mantzoros, Christos S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRESS HORMONE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB STRESS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; COMPLICATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922214524     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2014.08.009     Document Type: Editorial

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