Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 230-237 , September 2009

Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Links to Food Insecurity and Individual, Maternal, and Family Stressors

  • Brenda J. Lohman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Brenda Lohman, Ph.D., Department of Human Development and Family Studies and the Institute for Social and Behavioral Research, Iowa State University, 2625 North Loop Drive, Suite 500, Ames, Iowa 50010.
    • ,
  • Susan Stewart, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
    • ,
  • Craig Gundersen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign, Illinois
    • ,
  • Steven Garasky, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
    • ,
  • Joey C. Eisenmann, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Received 3 September 2008 ,Accepted 16 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.01.003

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 230-237 , September 2009

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