Adverse experiences in childhood and adolescence, defined as subjectively perceived
threats to the safety or security of the child’s bodily integrity, family, or social structures, are …

Background— Psychological stress is a proposed risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD),
and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the sentinel stress-related mental disorder, …

Purpose The weathering hypothesis states that chronic exposure to social and economic
disadvantage leads to accelerated decline in physical health outcomes and could partially …

The continuing obesity epidemic in the USA calls for the examination of antecedents to the
well-known risk factors of physical activity and diet. The neighborhood built environment has …

Environmental exposures, psychosocial stressors and nutrition are all potentially important
influences that may impact health outcomes directly or via interactions with the genome or …

Background Social isolation, the relative absence of or infrequency of contact with different
types of social relationships, and loneliness (perceived isolation) are associated with adverse …

Black adolescents in the US are less likely to use alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco
compared with non-Hispanic Whites, but little is known about the consistency of these racial/ethnic …

OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between cumulative
social adversity and childhood obesity among preschool-aged children (N = 1605) in the …

Importance Higher blood pressure (BP) levels in children are associated with an increased
risk for hypertension and subclinical cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Identifying trends …

Objective: Although multiple social and behavioral risk factors associated with obesity co-occur
among young children, most studies have examined them separately. The purpose of …