Browsing by Author "Taveras, Elsie"
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2-Year BMI Changes of Children Referred for Multidisciplinary Weight Management
Cheng, Jennifer K.; Wen, Xiaozhong; Coletti, Kristen D.; Cox, Joanne E.; Taveras, Elsie M. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014)Objective. To examine body mass index (BMI) changes among pediatric multidisciplinary weight management participants and nonparticipants. Design. In this retrospective database analysis, we used multivariable mixed effect ... -
Association of a history of childhood-onset obesity and dieting with eating disorders
Cena, Hellas; Stanford, Fatima Cody; Ochner, Luana; Fonte, Maria Luisa; Biino, Ginevra; De Giuseppe, Rachele; Taveras, Elsie Mireya; Misra, Madhusmita (Informa UK Limited, 2017)This was a retrospective, observational chart review conducted on a convenience sample of 537 outpatients, aged 16–60 years, referred to an Italian Dietetic and Nutrition University Center. The study aimed to look at the ... -
Association of missing paternal demographics on infant birth certificates with perinatal risk factors for childhood obesity
Cheng, Erika R.; Hawkins, Summer Sherburne; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L.; Gillman, Matthew W.; Taveras, Elsie M. (BioMed Central, 2016)Background: The role of fathers in the development of obesity in their offspring remains poorly understood. We evaluated associations of missing paternal demographic information on birth certificates with perinatal risk ... -
Characteristics of Walkable Built Environments and BMI z-Scores in Children: Evidence from a Large Electronic Health Record Database
Duncan, Dustin T.; Sharifi, Mona; Melly, Steven J.; Marshall, Richard; Sequist, Thomas D.; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L.; Taveras, Elsie M. (NLM-Export, 2014)Background: Childhood obesity remains a prominent public health problem. Walkable built environments may prevent excess weight gain. Objectives: We examined the association of walkable built environment characteristics ... -
Childhood body mass index trajectories: modeling, characterizing, pairwise correlations and socio-demographic predictors of trajectory characteristics
Wen, Xiaozhong; Kleinman, Ken Paul; Gillman, Matthew William; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl Lynn; Taveras, Elsie Mireya (BioMed Central, 2012)Background: Modeling childhood body mass index (BMI) trajectories, versus estimating change in BMI between specific ages, may improve prediction of later body-size-related outcomes. Prior studies of BMI trajectories are ... -
Chronic Insufficient Sleep and Diet Quality: Contributors to Childhood Obesity
Cespedes, Elizabeth M.; Hu, Frank B.; Redline, Susan; Rosner, Bernard; Gillman, Matthew W.; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L.; Taveras, Elsie M. (2015)Objective: To examine associations of chronic insufficient sleep with diet, and whether diet explains the sleep-adiposity relationship. Methods: In Project Viva, 1,046 parents reported children’s sleep duration at 6m and ... -
Correlations among adiposity measures in school-aged children
Boeke, Caroline E; Oken, Emily; Kleinman, Ken P; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L; Taveras, Elsie M; Gillman, Matthew W (BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Given that it is not feasible to use dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) or other reference methods to measure adiposity in all pediatric clinical and research settings, it is important to identify reasonable ... -
The cost of a primary care-based childhood obesity prevention intervention
Wright, Davene R; Taveras, Elsie M; Gillman, Matthew W; Horan, Christine M; Hohman, Katherine H; Gortmaker, Steven L; Prosser, Lisa A (BioMed Central, 2014)Background: United States pediatric guidelines recommend that childhood obesity counseling be conducted in the primary care setting. Primary care-based interventions can be effective in improving health behaviors, but also ... -
Economic and Other Barriers to Adopting Recommendations to Prevent Childhood Obesity: Results of a Focus Group Study with Parents
Sonneville, Kendrin Rae; La Pelle, Nancy; Taveras, Elsie Mireya; Gillman, Matthew William; Prosser, Lisa Alison (BioMed Central, 2009)Background: Parents are integral to the implementation of obesity prevention and management recommendations for children. Exploration of barriers to and facilitators of parental decisions to adopt obesity prevention ... -
Engaging children in the development of obesity interventions: Exploring outcomes that matter most among obesity positive outliers
Sharifi, Mona; Marshall, Gareth; Goldman, Roberta E.; Cunningham, Courtney; Marshall, Richard E.; Taveras, Elsie Mireya (Elsevier BV, 2015)Objective To explore outcomes and measures of success that matter most to 'positive outlier' children who improved their body mass index (BMI) despite living in obesogenic neighborhoods. Methods We collected ... -
Exploring Innovative Approaches and Patient-Centered Outcomes From Positive Outliers in Childhood Obesity
Sharifi, Mona; Marshall, Gareth; Goldman, Roberta E.; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl Lynn; Horan, Christine M.; Koziol, Renata; Marshall, Richard E.; Sequist, Thomas Dean; Taveras, Elsie Mireya (Elsevier BV, 2014)Objective New approaches for obesity prevention and management can be gleaned from 'positive outliers', i.e., individuals who have succeeded in changing health behaviors and reducing their body mass index (BMI) in the ... -
Feasibility and impact of Creciendo Sanos, a clinic-based pilot intervention to prevent obesity among preschool children in Mexico City
Martínez-Andrade, Gloria Oliva; Cespedes, Elizabeth M; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L; Romero-Quechol, Guillermina; González-Unzaga, Marco Aurelio; Benítez-Trejo, María Amalia; Flores-Huerta, Samuel; Horan, Chrissy; Haines, Jess; Taveras, Elsie M; Pérez-Cuevas, Ricardo; Gillman, Matthew W (BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Mexico has the highest adult overweight and obesity prevalence in the Americas; 23.8% of children <5 years old are at risk for overweight and 9.7% are already overweight or obese. Creciendo Sanos was a pilot ... -
The Linked CENTURY Study: linking three decades of clinical and public health data to examine disparities in childhood obesity
Hawkins, Summer Sherburne; Gillman, Matthew W.; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L.; Kleinman, Ken P.; Mariotti, Megan; Taveras, Elsie M. (BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Despite the need to identify the causes of disparities in childhood obesity, the existing epidemiologic studies of early life risk factors have several limitations. We report on the construction of the Linked ... -
Maternal experiences of racial discrimination and child weight status in the first 3 years of life
Dixon, B.; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl Lynn; James-Todd, Tamarra; Ertel, K; Krieger, Nancy; Kleinman, Kenneth Paul; Rich-Edwards, Janet Wilson; Gillman, Matthew William; Taveras, Elsie Mireya (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2012)Among US racial/ethnic minority women, we examined associations between maternal experiences of racial discrimination and child growth in the first 3 years of life. We analyzed data from Project Viva, a pre-birth cohort ... -
Need for Early Interventions in the Prevention of Pediatric Overweight: A Review and Upcoming Directions
Dattilo, Anne M.; Birch, Leann; Krebs, Nancy F.; Lake, Alan; Taveras, Elsie Mireya; Saavedra, Jose M. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012)Childhood obesity is currently one of the most prevailing and challenging public health issues among industrialized countries and of international priority. The global prevalence of obesity poses such a serious concern ... -
Reducing Hispanic Children's Obesity Risk Factors in the First 1000 Days of Life: A Qualitative Analysis
Woo Baidal, Jennifer A.; Criss, Shaniece; Goldman, Roberta E.; Perkins, Meghan; Cunningham, Courtney; Taveras, Elsie M. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015)Objectives:. Modifiable behaviors during the first 1000 days (conception age 24 months) mediate Hispanic children's obesity disparities. We aimed to examine underlying reasons for early life obesity risk factors and identify ... -
The Role of Health Information Sources in Decision-Making Among Hispanic Mothers During Their Children’s First 1000 Days of Life
Criss, Shaniece; Woo Baidal, Jennifer A.; Goldman, Roberta E.; Perkins, Meghan; Cunningham, Courtney; Taveras, Elsie Mireya (Springer Nature, 2015)Objective This qualitative research aimed to explore how health information sources inform decision-making among Hispanic mothers during their children’s first 1000 days of life (conception-age 24 months), and to generate ...