Human Development & Family Studies

HDFS Current Research Projects and News

• Study Links Mother's Stress and Children Being Overweight
  
  
• Study Links Food Insecurity and Poor Health
  
  
• Study Links Individual Stress and Teens being Overweight or Obese
  
  
• Child Welfare Project Promotes Welfare of Children
  
  
• Obesity, Food Insecurity, and Family Stress in Low-Income Children
  
  
• The Individual Growth and Development Indicator
  
  
• Having Enough Food Is an Issue for Latino Immigrant Families
  
  
• ISU study finds wives have greater power in marriage problem-solving behavior
  
  
• ISU researchers pass findings on home-based child care to Iowa legislators