During the previous thirty years, the United States has experienced epidemic levels of chronic metabolic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. In the same time period, an increase in mental illness has occurred with increased rate...
Obesity is a serious and costly societal issue that, combined with other biobehavioral risk factors, contributes to chronic cardiometabolic illnesses. Stress reactivity is posited as a causal mechanism in the development of obesity and cardiometab...
Obesity remains one of the greatest public health threats in the 21st century, increasing the risk for many chronic illnesses, including Type 2 diabetes and CVD, with economic costs associated with treatments for obesity reaching $147 billion/year...
Childhood overweight and obesity is one of the greatest challenges facing public health practitioners in the United States. The number of children who are overweight or obese in the country has grown considerably over the past few decades with rat...
