Testing a Biobehavioral Model of Chronic Stress and Weight Gain in Young Children (Family Stress Study): Protocol and Baseline Demographics for a Prospective Observational Study

Shannon M Pare   ¹ , MSc ;   Elizabeth Gunn   ² , MSc ;   Katherine M Morrison   ² , MD ;   Alison L Miller   ³ , PhD ;   Alison M Duncan   ⁴ , PhD ;   Andrea C Buchholz   ¹ , PhD ;   David W L Ma   ⁴ , PhD ;   Paul F Tremblay   ⁵ , PhD ;   Lori Ann Vallis   ⁴ , PhD ;   Nicola J Mercer   ⁶ , MPH, MD ;   Jess Haines   ¹ , PhD

¹ Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

² Centre for Metabolism, Obesity & Diabetes Research, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

³ Department of Health Behaviour and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

⁴ Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

⁵ Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

⁶ Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, Guelph, ON, Canada