# Supplement - Understanding The Risk of Obesity in Food-Insecure Children: The Hidden Role of Stress

> **NIH NIH R00** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2020 · $87,514

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT
Food insecurity, a household condition of limited food availability, affects 15 million US children today. Food-
insecure children are at risk for adverse diet-related health conditions; however, the mechanisms underlying
these associations have not been clearly identified. The K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
(HD084758) focuses on the role of stress as a novel and important pathway to explain the adverse effects of
food insecurity on children’s developmental and diet-related outcomes. Specifically, the R00 project is a
longitudinal study of 167 low-income, Michigan-dwelling children and mothers investigating how food insecurity
impacts weight gain through the pathways of stress and cognitive processes related to eating. Because
research involving human subjects have been paused indefinitely due to COVID-19, the purpose of this
Administrative Supplement is to complete data collection remotely for the 128 remaining families already
enrolled in the study. Completing data collection for the remaining families is critical to achieving the original
study aims because the primary outcomes are weight gain in children and mothers over a 12-month period. I
have ample research experience in collecting high-quality health data without in-person contact, and have
developed a highly feasible protocol for remote data collection for the low-income children and mothers already
enrolled in the study. The Administrative Supplement will allow us to recommence data collection immediately
and fulfill the project’s aims as originally proposed. Successful completion of the R00 project will lead to
several publishable manuscripts, and further assist in writing subsequent NIH grants to understanding and
improving food insecurity and diet-related health disparities in low-income populations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10194689
- **Project number:** 3R00HD084758-05S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **Principal Investigator:** Cindy Leung
- **Activity code:** R00 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $87,514
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2017-09-01 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10194689

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10194689, Supplement - Understanding The Risk of Obesity in Food-Insecure Children: The Hidden Role of Stress (3R00HD084758-05S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10194689. Licensed CC0.

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