Obesity

New findings from Iowa State University in the area of obesity described

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 28th, 2009

"A high proportion of adolescents living in low-income households in the United States are overweight or obese, food insecure, or exposed to high levels of individual, maternal, and family stressors. The aim of this paper was to identify the associations of food insecurity and the aforementioned stressors with an adolescent's propensity to be overweight or obese," scientists in the United States report.

"We hypothesized that individual, maternal, and family stressors may exacerbate the relationship between food insecurity and adolescent overweight/obesity. The sample included 1011 adolescents aged 10 to 15 years and their mothers in families with incomes below 200% of...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2009-09-28)

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