Aberrant metabolism is the root cause of several serious health issues, creating a huge
burden to health and leading to diminished life expectancy. A dysregulated metabolism …

Children who experience chronic stressors are vulnerable to emotional and physical health
problems across the lifespan. This phenomenon raises questions for scientists and …

Among people exposed to major psychological stressors in early life, there are elevated
rates of morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases of aging. The most compelling data …

The brain is the key organ of stress reactivity, coping, and recovery processes. Within the
brain, a distributed neural circuitry determines what is threatening and thus stressful to the …

Black, Latinx, and Indigenous people in the United States experience a disproportionate
burden of asthma and atopic dermatitis. The study of these disease disparities has focused …

A scientific consensus is emerging that the origins of adult disease are often found among
developmental and biological disruptions occurring during the early years of life. These …

Psychological stress during childhood and adolescence increases risk of health problems
across the lifecourse, and inflammation is implicated as an underlying mechanism. To …

Psychological science on pregnancy is advancing rapidly. A major focus concerns stress
processes in pregnancy and effects on preterm birth and low birth weight. The current …

Objective Childhood maltreatment (CM) has been associated with several diseases in adult
life, including diabetes, obesity and mental disorders. Inflammatory conditions have been …

Health disparities (differences in health by socioeconomic groups) are a pressing issue in
our society. This article provides an overview of a multilevel approach that seeks to …