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Cortisol and Food Insecurity
Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles
Summary
This study used a within-subjects design in a sample of individuals with a range of food insecurity recruited from the Los Angeles community (N = 400; 44.5% men). These participants then, in counterbalanced order, were exposed to a gold-standard laboratory stressor and a control condition, one month apart. Moderation analyses will test whether cortisol reactivity to the stressor acts as a modulator of the relationship between high levels of food insecurity and increased hyperpalatable food intake.
Official title: Food Insecurity, Poor Diet, and Metabolic Syndrome: Cortisol's Amplifying Role
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
453
Start Date
2022-03-11
Completion Date
2025-09-23
Last Updated
2026-07-10
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
High-Stress Intervention
Those undergoing the High-Stress will be exposed to a gold-standard laboratory stressor, the Trier Social Stress Test (Kirschbaum et al., 1993), which reliably induces cortisol reactivity in most individuals.
Locations (1)
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States