ArticlePhysiology & behavior2022
The effect of acute and chronic scarcity on acute stress: A dyadic developmental examination.
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- Complex intertwined association between breastfeeding practices and household food insecurity: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- From pantry to physiology: A narrative review linking food insecurity to biological dysfunction.Dialogues in health · 2026Review
- Economic insecurity and depression among youth of color during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Impact of a multicomponent food-as-medicine intervention on behavioral and mental health outcomes for patients with and without food insecurity.Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) · 2025Article
- Parents, but not their children, demonstrate greater delay discounting with resource scarcity.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The Effect of Financial Scarcity on Reinforcer Pathology: A Dyadic Developmental Examination.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The effect of food insecurity and stress on delay discounting across families: a COVID-19 natural experiment.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Unmet Social Needs and Patterns of Hair Cortisol Concentration in Mother-Child Dyads.Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)Article
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Abstract
backgroundFood insecurity, obesity, and psychological stress are interrelated constructs which are thought to be connected through increased energy intake, but the underlying mechanisms for these relationships remain unclear. The current study used experimental methods to investigate how financial losses may influence acute stress in the context of food insecurity for both parents and offspring. This study also sought to examine the effect of acute stress related to financial losses on the reinforcing value of food (RRV
methodsOne hundred and six families stratified by both offspring age (53 children aged 7-10, 53 adolescents aged 15-17) and household financial resources, visited our laboratory for three separate appointments. Each appointment included the experimental manipulation of financial gains and losses, saliva samples for cortisol assay, continuous heart rate monitoring, self-rated tension, and computer-based DD and RRV
resultsAmong all participants, financial losses were related to decreased heart rates and increased self-rated tension. Among parents reporting food insecurity, acute financial losses resulted in an increase in cortisol levels. Changes in cortisol, heart rate, and tension were not related to RRV
conclusionFood insecure parents are sensitive to financial losses and respond with an increase in cortisol. However, we found no evidence for a relationship between cortisol and RRV
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