PURPOSE: Childhood and adolescent obesity have reached epidemic levels; however, little
is known about the psychobiological underpinnings of obesity in youth and whether these …

Objective: To examine the associations between morning cortisol and adiposity in children
at baseline and 9-month follow-up. Methods: Participants included 649 (301 males, 348 …

Background: Alterations in morning serum cortisol (MSC) have been associated with higher
cardiometabolic risk. This finding has been documented primarily in populations with …

PURPOSE: Depression in childhood is associated with higher body mass index (BMI), a
relative measure of overweight, and overweight is associated with cortisol reactivity, indexed …

Background and aim A fraction of children with obesity have increased serum cortisol levels.
In this study, we describe the clinical characteristics of obese children and adolescents with …

To provide basic information on the normal functioning of the hypothalamus-pituitary-
adrenal axis in relation to pubertal development, growth (weight and height), body …

Prior research has linked either basal cortisol levels or stress-induced cortisol responses to
adiposity; however, it remains to be determined whether these distinct cortisol measures …

No known studies have tested the hypothesis that a blunted pattern of cortisol reactivity to
stress, which is often found following exposure to chronic life stressors, is associated with a …

This study examined associations between hair, salivary, serum, and urinary cortisol
concentration with adiposity-related indicators in children, and explored their potential …

Salivary cortisol is widely used in research but little is known about the typical, or expected,
functioning of the HPA-axis in adolescents in naturalistic settings, nor whether the extensive …