Chronic Stress and Food Insecurity: Examining Key Environmental Family Factors Related to Body Mass Index Among Low-Income Mexican-Origin Youth

TY - JOUR

T1 - Chronic Stress and Food Insecurity: Examining Key Environmental Family Factors Related to Body Mass Index Among Low-Income Mexican-Origin Youth

AU - Distel, Laura M. L.

AU - Egbert, Amy H.

AU - Bohnert, Amy M.

AU - Santiago, Catherine DeCarlo

N1 - n body mass index (BMI) and examined whether stress moderated associations between food insecurity and BMI. Analyses revealed that undocumented status was associated with food insecurity and chronic stress but not when accounting for poverty. Food insecurity was only associated with higher BMI for children with the highest hair cortisol.

PY - 2019/1/1

Y1 - 2019/1/1

UR - http://journals.lww.com/familyandcommunityhealth/Fulltext/10.1097/FCH.0000000000000228

U2 - 10.1097/fch.0000000000000228

DO - 10.1097/fch.0000000000000228

M3 - Article

VL - 42

JO - Family & Community Health

JF - Family & Community Health

IS - 3

ER -