Publications
Journal Articles
2013
Mozaffarian RS, Lee RM, Kennedy MA, Ludwig DS, Mozaffarian D, Gortmaker SL. Identifying whole grain foods: a comparison of different approaches for selecting more healthful whole grain products. Public Health Nutr. 2013 Jan 4:1-10.
2012
Long MW, Leung CW, Cheung LW, Blumenthal SJ, Willett WC. Public support for policies to improve the nutritional impact of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Public Health Nutr. 2012 Dec 6:1-6.
Mozaffarian RS, Andry A, Lee RM, Wiecha JL, Gortmaker SL. Price and healthfulness of snacks in 32 YMCA after-school programs in 4 U.S. metropolitan areas, 2006-2008. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2012;9(E38).
Cradock Angie L., Fields Billy, Barrett Jessica L., et al. Program practices and demographic factors associated with federal funding for the Safe Routes to School program in the United States. Health and Place. 2012 Aug; 18: 16-23.
Cradock AL, Wilking C, Olliges S, Gortmaker G. Getting Back on Tap: The Policy Context and Cost of Ensuring Access to Low-Cost Drinking Water in Massachusetts Schools. Am J Prev Med. 2012 Sep;43(3 Suppl 2):S95-101.
Dryden EM, Hardin J, McDonald J, Taveras EM.; Hacker K. Provider Perspectives on Electronic Supports for Obesity Prevention. Clin Pediatr. 2012 May;51(5):490-7.
Giles CM, Kenney EL, Gortmaker SL, Lee RM, Thayer JC, Mont-Ferguson H, Cradock AL. Increasing Water Availability During Afterschool Snack: Evidence, Strategies, and Partnerships from a Group Randomized Trial. Am J Prev Med. 2012 Sep;43(3 Suppl 2):S136-42.
Gortmaker SL, Story M. Nutrition policy research that can lead to reduced childhood obesity in the u.s. Am J Prev Med. 2012 Sep;43(3 Suppl 2):S149-51.
Gortmaker SL, Lee R, Cradock AL, et al. Disparities in Youth Physical Activity in the United States: 2003-2006. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2012 May;44(5):888-93.
Gortmaker SL, Lee RM, Mozaffarian RS, Sobol AM, Nelson TF, Roth BA, Wiecha JL. Effect of an After-School Intervention on Increases in Children’s Physical Activity. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2012 Mar;44(3):450-7.
Gortmaker SL, Swinburn BA, Levy D, Carter R, Mabry PL, Finegood DT, Huang T, March T, Moodie ML, Marjory L. Changing the Future of Obesity: Science, Policy, and Action. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 2012 Jan; 67(1):6-8.
Richman Alice R.; Coronado Gloria D.; Arnold Lauren D.; et al. Cognitive Testing of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Survey Items for Parents of Adolescent Girls. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2012 Jan;16(1):16-23.
Wang, YC, Orleans CT, Gortmaker SL. Reaching the Healthy People Goals for Reducing Childhood Obesity: Closing the Energy Gap. 2012 May;42(5):437-44.
2011
Cradock AL, Fields B, Barrett JL, Melly S. Program practices and demographic factors associated with federal funding for the Safe Routes to School program in the United States. Health Place. 2012;18(1):16-23.
Cradock AL, McHugh A, Mont-Ferguson H, Grant L, Barrett JL, Wang C, Gortmaker SL. Effect of school district policy change on consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among high school students, Boston, Massachusetts, 2004-2006. Prev Chronic Dis 2011;8(4):A74.
Gortmaker SL, Swinburn BA, Levy D, Carter R, Mabry PL, Finegood DT, Huang T, Marsh T, Moodie ML.Changing the future of obesity: science, policy, and action. Lancet. 2011 Aug 27;378(9793):838-47.
Levy DT, Mabry PL, Wang YC, Gortmaker SL, Huang TT, Marsh T, Moodie M, Swinburn B. Simulation models of obesity: A review of the literature and implications for research and policy. Obes Rev. 2011;12(5):378-394.
Taveras EM, Hohman K, Price S, Rifas-Shiman SL, Mitchell K, Gortmaker SL, Gillman MW. Correlates of participation in a pediatric primary care-based obesity prevention intervention. Obesity. 2011;19(2):449-452.
2010
Allen JD, Coronado GD, Williams RS, Glenn B, Escoffery C, Fernandez M, Tuff RA, Wilson KM, Mullen PD. A systematic review of measures used in studies of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine acceptability. Vaccine 2010 May 28;28(24): 4027–37.
Cradock AL, O’Donnell EM, Benjamin SE, Walker E, Slining M. A review of state regulations to promote physical activity and safety on playgrounds in child care centers and family child care homes. J Phys Act Health. 2010 Mar 7;Suppl 1: S108-19.
Eyler A, Brownson R, Aytur S, Cradock A, Doescher M, Evenson K, Kerr J, Maddock J, Pluto D, Steinman L, Ohara Tompkins N, Troped P, Schmid T. Examination of Trends and Evidence-Based Elements in State Physical Education Legislation: A Content Analysis. 2010. J Sch Health. 80(7):326-332.
Fernandez ME, Allen JD, Mistry R, Kahn JA. Integrating clinical, community, and policy perspectives on human papillomavirus vaccination. Annu Rev Public Health. 2010 Apr 21;31: 235–52.
Mozaffarian RS, Wiecha JL, Roth BA, Nelson TF, Lee RM, Gortmaker SL. Impact of an organizational intervention designed to improve snack and beverage quality in YMCA after-school programs. Am J Public Health. 2010 May;100(5): 925–32. Epub 2009 Oct 15.
Ramanadhan, S, Wiecha JL, Gortmaker SL, Emmons KM, Viswanath K. Informal training in staff networks to support dissemination of health promotion programs. Am J Health Promot. 2010 Sept-Oct;25(1):12-8.
Steinman L, Doescher M, Levinger D, Perry C, Carter L, Eyler A, Aytur S, Cradock AL, Evenson KR, Heinrich K, Kerr J, Litt J, Severcan Y, Voorhees C. Master plans for pedestrian and bicycle transportation: community characteristics. J Phys Act Health. 2010 Mar 7;Suppl 1: S60-6.
Van Cleave J, Gortmaker SL, Perrin JM. Dynamics of obesity and chronic health conditions among children and youth. JAMA 2010 Feb 17;303(7): 623-30.
Wang YC, Gortmaker SL, Taveras EM. Trends and racial/ethnic disparities in severe obesity among US children and adolescents, 1976-2006. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2010 Mar 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Wiecha JL, Nelson TF, Roth BA, Glashagel J, Vaughan L. Disseminating Health Promotion Practices in After-school programs through YMCA Learning Collaboratives. Am J Health Promot. 2010; 24(3): 190-198.
2009
Benjamin SE, Copeland KA, Cradock A, Neelon B, Walker E, Slining MM, Gillman MW. Menus in child care: a comparison of state regulations with national standards. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009. Jan;109(1):109-15.
Benjamin SE, Taveras EM, Cradock AL, Walker EM, Slining MM, Gillman MW. State and regional variation in regulations related to feeding infants in child care.. Pediatrics. 2009 Jul;124(1):e104-11.
Bleich SN, Wang YC, Wang Y, Gortmaker SL. Increasing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among US adults: 1988-1994 to 1999-2004. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Jan;89(1):372-81. Epub 2008 Dec 3.
Bowen DJ, Sorensen G, Weiner BJ, Campbell M, Emmons K, Melvin C. Dissemination research in cancer control: where are we and where should we go? Cancer Causes Control. 2009 May;20(4):473-85. Epub 2009 Feb 18.
Cradock AL, Kawachi I, Colditz GA, Gortmaker SL, Buka SL. Neighborhood social cohesion and youth participation in physical activity in Chicago. Soc Sci Med. 2009 Feb;68(3):427-35. Epub 2008 Nov 25.
Cradock AL, Melly SJ, Allen JG, Morris JS, Gortmaker SL. Youth destinations associated with objective measures of physical activity in adolescents. J Adolesc Health. 2009 Sep;45(3 Suppl):S91-8.
Cradock AL, Troped PJ, Fields B, Melly SJ, Simms SV, Gimmler F, Fowler M. Factors associated with federal transportation funding for local pedestrian and bicycle programming and facilities. J Public Health Policy. 2009;30 Suppl 1:S38-72.
Martin SL, Maines D, Martin MW, MacDonald PB, Polacsek M, Wigand D, Ronan L, Andrade M, Dufresne R. Healthy Maine Partnerships: policy and environmental changes. Prev Chronic Dis. 2009 Apr;6(2):A63.
Polacsek M, Orr J, Letourneau L, Rogers V, Holmberg R, O’Rourke K, Hannon C, Lombard KA, Gortmaker SL. Impact of a primary care intervention on physician practice and patient and family behavior: Keep ME Healthy: the Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative. Pediatrics. 2009 Jun;123 Suppl 5:S258-66.
Ramanadhan S, Wiecha JL, Emmons KM, Gortmaker SL, Viswanath K. Extra-team connections for knowledge transfer between staff teams. Health Educ Res. 2009;24(6): 967–976.
Taveras EM, Hohman KH, Price S, Gortmaker SL, Sonneville K. Televisions in the bedrooms of racial/ethnic minority children – how did they get there and how do we get them out? Clin Pediatr. 2009 Sep;48(7):715-9. Epub 2009 May 6.
Taveras EM, Mitchell K, Gortmaker SL. Parental confidence in making overweight-related behavior changes. Pediatrics. 2009 Jul;124(1):151-8.
Wang YC, Ludwig DS, Sonneville K, Jiang H, Gortmaker SL. Impact of change in sweetened caloric beverages on energy intake among children and adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 Apr;163(4):336-43.
2008
Benjamin SE, Cradock A, Walker EM, Slining M, Gillman MW. Obesity prevention in child care: a review of U.S. state regulations. BMC Public Health. 2008 May 30;8:188.
Eyler AA, Brownson RC, Evenson KR, Levinger D, Maddock JE, Pluto D,Troped PJ, Schmid TL, Carnoske C, Richards KL, Steinman LE. Policy Influences on Community Trail Development. J Health Polit, Policy Law. 2008 Jun;33(3):407-27.
Gillman MW, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman K, Oken E, Rich-Edwards JW, Taveras EM. Developmental origins of childhood overweight: potential public health impact. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Jul;16(7):1651-6. Epub 2008 May 1.
Gortmaker SL. Innovations to reduce television and computer time and obesity in childhood. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Mar;162(3):283-4.
Kahn JA, Huang B, Gillman MW, Field AE, Austin SB, Colditz GA, et al. Patterns and determinants of physical activity in U.S. adolescents. J Adolesc Health2008 Apr;42(4):369-77. Epub 2008 Mar 4.
Miller SA, Taveras EM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Gillman MW. Association between television viewing and poor diet quality in young children. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2008 Mar 4:1-9.
Sonneville KR, Gortmaker SL. Total energy intake, adolescent discretionary behaviors, and the energy gap. Int J Obes (Lond). 2008 Dec;32 Suppl 6:S19-27.
Taveras EM, Gortmaker SL, Mitchell KF, Gillman MW. Parental perceptions of overweight counseling in primary care: The roles of race/ethnicity and parent overweight. Obesity(Silver Spring). 2008 Aug;16(8):1794-801. Epub 2008 May 22.
Taveras EM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Camargo CA, Jr., Gold DR, Litonjua AA, Oken E, et al. Higher adiposity in infancy associated with recurrent wheeze in a prospective cohort of children.J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008 May;121(5):1161-1166.e3.
Troped PJ, Oliveira MS, Matthews CE, Cromley EK, Melly SJ, Craig BA. Prediction of activity mode with global positioning system and accelerometer data. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2008 May;40(5):972-8.
Wang YC, Bleich SN, Gortmaker SL. Increasing caloric contribution from sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juices among US children and adolescents, 1988-2004. Pediatrics. 2008 Jun;121(6):e1604-14.
2007
Austin SB, Kim J, Wiecha J, Troped PJ, Feldman HA, Peterson KE. School-based overweight preventive intervention lowers incidence of disordered weight-control behaviors in early adolescent girls. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007Sep;161 (9): 865–9.
Cradock AL, Melly SJ, Allen JG, Morris JS, Gortmaker SL. Characteristics of school campuses and physical activity among youth. Am J Prev Med. 2007 Aug;33(2):106-13.
Franks AL, Kelder SH, Dino GA, Horn KA, Gortmaker SL, Wiecha JL, Simoes EJ. School-based programs: lessons learned from CATCH, Planet Health, and Not-On-Tobacco. Prev Chronic Dis.2007 Apr;4(2): 1–9.
Nelson TF, Gortmaker SL, Subramanian SV, Cheung L, Wechsler H. Disparities in overweight and obesity among US college students. Am J Health Behav. 2007;31(4):363-73.
Nelson TF, Gortmaker SL, Subramanian SV, Wechsler H. Vigorous physical activity among college students in the United States.J Phys Act Health. 2007 Oct;4(4):495-508.
Perrin JM, Bloom SR, Gortmaker SL. The increase of childhood chronic conditions in the US. JAMA. 2007 Jun;297(24):2755-2759.
Peterson KE, Dubowitz T, Stoddard AM, Troped PJ, Sorensen G, Emmons KM. Social context of physical activity and weight status in working-class populations. J Phys Act Health. 2007 Oct;4(4):381-96.
Sorensen G, Stoddard AM, Dubowitz T, Barbeau EM, Bigby J, Emmons KM, et al. The influence of social context on changes in fruit and vegetable consumption: results of the healthy directions studies. Am J Public Health. 2007 Jul;97(7):1216-27. Epub 2007 May 30.
Taveras EM, Field AE, Berkey CS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Frazier AL, Colditz GA, et al. Longitudinal relationship between television viewing and leisure-time physical activity during adolescence. Pediatrics. 2007 Feb;119(2):e314-9.
Taveras EM, Sobol AM, Hannon C, Finkelstein D, Wiecha J, Gortmaker SL. Youths’ perceptions of overweight-related prevention counseling at a primary care visit. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Apr;15(4) 831-6.
Troped PJ, Wiecha JL, Fragala MS, Matthews CE, Finkelstein DM, Kim J, Peterson K. Reliability and validity of YRBS physical activity items among middle school students. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007 Mar;39(3):416-425.
Wang YC, Colditz GA, Kuntz KM. Forecasting the obesity epidemic in the aging U.S. population. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Nov;15(11):2855-65.
2006
Austin SB, Fung T, Cohen-Bearak A, Wardle K, Cheung LW. Facilitating change in school health: a qualitative study of schools’ experiences using the School Health Index. Prev Chronic Dis. 2006 Apr;3(2):A35. Epub 2006 Mar 15.
Bauer KW, Patel A, Prokop LA, Austin SB. Swimming upstream: faculty and staff members from urban middle schools in low-income communities describe their experience implementing nutrition and physical activity initiatives. Prev Chronic Dis. 2006 Apr;3(2):A37. Epub 2006 Mar 15.
Bowen DJ, Allen JD, Vu T, Johnson RE, Fryer-Edwards K, Hart A, Jr. Theoretical foundations for interventions designed to promote informed decision making for cancer screening. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2006; 32(3): 202–10.
Hannon C, Cradock A, Gortmaker SL, Wiecha J, El Ayadi A, Keefe L, Harris A. Play Across Boston: a community initiative to reduce disparities in access to after-school physical activity programs for inner-city youths. Prev Chronic Dis. 2006 Jul;3(3): A100.
Kim D, Subramanian SV, Gortmaker SL, Kawachi I. US state- and county-level social capital in relation to obesity and physical inactivity: A multilevel, multivariable analysis. Soc Sci Med. 2006 Aug;63(4):1045-59. Epub 2006 Apr 27.
Lindsay AC, Sussner KM, Kim J, Gortmaker S. The role of parents in preventing childhood obesity. Future Child. 2006 Spring;16(1):169-86.
Morris JS, Arroyo C, Coull BA, Ryan LM. Herick R, Gortmaker SL. Using Wavelet-Based Functional Mixed Models to Characterize Population Heterogeneity in Accelerometer Profiles: A Case Study. J Am Stat Assoc. 2006 Dec 1;101(467):1352-1364.
Mullen PD, Allen JD, Glanz K, Fernandez ME, Bowen DJ, Pruitt SL, Glenn BA, Pignone M. Measures used in studies of informed decision making about cancer screening: a systematic review. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2006;32(3): 188–201.
Polacsek M, O’Brien LM, Lagasse W, Hammar N. Move & Improve: a worksite wellness program in Maine. Prev Chronic Dis. 2006 Jul;3(3):A101. Epub 2006 Jun 15.
Taveras EM, LaPelle N, Gupta RS, Finkelstein JA. Planning for health promotion in low-income preschool child care settings: focus groups of parents and child care providers. Ambul Pediatr. 2006 Nov-Dec;6(6):342-6.
Taveras EM, Sandora TJ, Shih MC, Ross-Degnan D, Goldmann DA, Gillman MW. The association of television and video viewing with fast food intake by preschool-age children. Obesity(Silver Spring). 2006 Nov;14(11):2034-41.
Troped PJ, Cromley EK, Fragala MS, Melly SJ, Hasbrouck HH, Gortmaker SL, Brownson RC. Development and reliability and validity testing of an audit tool for trail/path characteristics: The path environment audit tool (PEAT). J Phys Act Health. 2006;3(Suppl 1):S158-S175 (2006).
Wang YC, Gortmaker SL, Sobol AM, Kuntz KM. Estimating the energy gap among US children: a counterfactual approach. Pediatrics. 2006 Dec;118(6): e1721–33.
Wiecha JL, Finkelstein D, Troped PJ, Fragala M, Peterson KE. School vending machine use and fast-food restaurant use are associated with sugar-sweetened beverage intake in youth. J Am Diet Assoc. 2006 Oct;106(10):1624-30.
Wiecha JL, Peterson KE, Ludwig DS, Kim J, Sobol A, Gortmaker SL. When children eat what they watch: impact of television viewing on dietary intake in youth. Arch Pediatr Adolec Med. 2006 Apr;106(4): 436–42.
2005
Austin SB, Field E, Wiecha J, Peterson KE, Gortmaker S. The impact of a school-based obesity prevention trial on disordered weight-control behaviors in early adolescent girls. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005 Mar; 159(3) :225–229.
Austin SB, Melly SJ, Sanchez BN, Pate Al, Buka S, Gortmaker SL. Clustering of fast-food restaurants around schools: A novel application of spatial statistics to the study of food environments. Am J Public Health. 2005 Sep; 95(9):1575-81.
Chavarro JE, Peterson KE, Sobol AM, Wiecha JL, Gortmaker SL. Effects of a school-based obesity-prevention intervention on menarche (United States). Cancer Causes Control. 2005 Dec;16(10): 1245–52.
Cradock AL, Kawachi I, Colditz GA, Hannon C, Melly SJ, Wiecha J, Gortmaker SL. Playground safety and access in Boston neighborhoods. Am J Prev Med. 2005 May;28(4): 357–63.
Rodríguez DA, Brown, AL, Troped, PJ. Portable global positioning units to complement accelerometry-based physical activity monitors. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2005 Nov;37(11 Suppl):S572-81.
Troped PJ, Saunders RP, Pate RR. Comparisons between rail-trail users and nonusers and men and women’s patterns of use in a suburban community. J Phys Act & Health 2005;2:169-180.
2004
Boynton-Jarrett R, Thomas TN, Peterson KE, et al. Impact of television viewing patterns on fruit and vegetable consumption among adolescents. Pediatrics. 2004 Dec;112: 1321–1326.
Bowman SA, Gortmaker SL, Ebbeling C, Pereira MA, Ludwig DS. Effects of fast food consumption on energy intake and diet quality among children in a national household survey. Pediatrics. 2004 Jan;113(1 Pt 1):112-8.
Cradock AL, Wiecha JL, Peterson KE, Sobol AM, Colditz GA, Gortmaker SL. Youth recall and TriTrac accelerometer estimates of physical activity levels. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2004 Mar;36 (3): 525–532.
Ludwig DS, Ebbeling CB, Peterson KE, Gortmaker SL. Hard facts about soft drinks. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004 Mar;158(3):290; author reply 290.
Ludwig DS, Gortmaker SL. Programming obesity in childhood. Lancet. 2004 Jul 17-23;364(9430):226-7.
Molnar BE, Gortmaker SL, Bull FC, Buka SL. Unsafe to Play? Neighborhood disorder and lack of safety predict reduced physical activity among urban children and adolescents. Am J Health Promot. 2004 May-Jun; 18(5):378-86.
Sorensen G, Fagan P, Hunt MK, Stoddard AM, Girod K, Eisenberg M, Frazier L. Changing channels for tobacco control with youth: developing an intervention for working teens. Health Educ Res. 2004 Jun;19(3):250-60.
Taveras EM, Durrousseau S, Nelson L, Flores G. Parents’ beliefs and practices regarding childhood fever: a study of a multiethnic and socioeconomically diverse sample of parents. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2004 Sep;20(9):579-87.
Taveras EM, Rifas-Shiman S, Field AE, Frazier AL, Colditz GA, Gillman MW. The influence of wanting to look like media figures on adolescent physical activity. J Adolesc Health. 2004 Jul;35(1):41-50.
Wiecha JL, El Ayadi AM, Fuemmeler BF, Carter JE, Handler S, Johnson S, Strunk N, Korzek-Ramirez D, Gortmaker SL. Diffusion of an integrated health education program in an urban school system: Planet Health. J Pediatr Psychol. 2004 Sept;29: 467–474.
Books
2012
Lee RM, Gortmaker SL. Dissemination and Implementation on Research in Health: Translating. New York, New York: Oxford University Press; 2012.
2007
Carter J, Wiecha JL, Peterson KE, Nobrega S, Gortmaker SL. Planet Health: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Teaching Middle School Nutrition and Physical Activity (Second Edition). Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics; 2007.
Cheung L, Dart H, Kalin SR, Gortmaker SL. Eat Well & Keep Moving: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Teaching Upper Elementary School Nutrition and Physical Activity (Second Edition). Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics; 2007.