Code
01J06809
Duration
01 January 2009 → 31 October 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Public health care
- Public health sciences
- Public health services
Keywords
psycho-social stress
body fat mass
obesity
Project description
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.