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Project

The relation between chronic psych-social stress and the amount of body fat mass in children between 6 and 10 years old

The project aims to study the association between chronic psychosocial stress and changes in the body composition - in more detail the amount of body fat mass - in children between 6 and 10 years old. The interaction with physical activity and with energy intake will be studied as well.

Date:1 Jan 2009 →  31 Oct 2013
Keywords:psycho-social stress, body fat mass, obesity
Disciplines:Public health sciences, Public health care, Public health services