Longitudinal associations between overweight/obesity and stress biology in low-income children.
Jenalee R DoomJulie C LumengJulie SturzaNiko KacirotiDelia M VazquezAllison L MillerPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2019)
These findings suggest that overweight/obesity may be driving changes in stress biology across early-to-middle childhood, particularly in downregulation of morning levels of stress hormones, diurnal sAA slope, and cortisol reactivity to stress, rather than stress biology driving overweight/obesity.