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Highlights • Little is known about how sources of stress influence parent food-related practices.• Work/school demands followed by family demands/conflicts were the most common sources of parental stress.• When parents reported family demands as the source of stress, children were three times more likely to eat an unhealthy snack.• Children were more likely to eat an unhealthy snack with higher levels of parental stress or if families have not planned the meal the night before.