Association of Changes in Obesity Prevalence With the COVID-19 Pandemic in Youth in Massachusetts.
Wu AJ, Aris IM, Hivert MF, Rocchio C, Cocoros NM, Klompas M, Taveras EM.
JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Dec 13. PMID: 34901998
Secondary Faculty
Elsie Mireya Taveras
Other Positions
Associate Professor of Population Medicine
Population Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics
Pediatrics-Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
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Pediatric weight management interventions improve prevalence of overeating behaviors.
Harshman SG, Castro I, Perkins M, Luo M, Barrett Mueller K, Cena H, Portale S, Raspini B, Taveras E, Fiechtner L.
Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 Dec 03. PMID: 34862470
NCS Assessments of the Motor, Sensory, and Physical Health Domains.
Clark JE, Pate R, Rine RM, Christy J, Dalton P, Damiano DL, Daniels S, Holmes JM, Katzmarzyk PT, Magasi S, McCreery R, McIver K, Newell KM, Sanger T, Sugden D, Taveras E, Hirschfeld S.
Front Pediatr. 2021. 9:622542. PMID: 34900852
Development and Psychometric Properties of the Sleep Parenting Scale for Infants.
Lo BK, McTernan ML, Haines J, Savage JS, Kugler KC, Haneuse S, Redline S, Taveras EM, Davison KK.
Behav Med. 2021 Nov 18. 1-11. PMID: 34791992
Changes in Fathers' Body Mass Index, Sleep, and Diet From Prebirth to 12 Months Postbirth: Exploring the Moderating Roles of Parenthood Experience and Coparenting Support.
Lo BK, Kang AW, Haneuse S, Yu X, Ash TV, Redline S, Taveras EM, Davison KK.
Ann Behav Med. 2021 11 18. 55(12):1211-1219. PMID: 33674862
Breastfeeding and risk of overweight in childhood and beyond: a systematic review with emphasis on sibling-pair and intervention studies.
Dewey KG, Güngör D, Donovan SM, Madan EM, Venkatramanan S, Davis TA, Kleinman RE, Taveras EM, Bailey RL, Novotny R, Terry N, Butera G, Obbagy J, de Jesus J, Stoody E.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 11 08. 114(5):1774-1790. PMID: 34224561
Omega-3 Fatty Acid Dietary Supplements Consumed During Pregnancy and Lactation and Child Neurodevelopment: A Systematic Review.
Nevins JEH, Donovan SM, Snetselaar L, Dewey KG, Novotny R, Stang J, Taveras EM, Kleinman RE, Bailey RL, Raghavan R, Scinto-Madonich SR, Venkatramanan S, Butera G, Terry N, Altman J, Adler M, Obbagy JE, Stoody EE, de Jesus J.
J Nutr. 2021 Nov 02. 151(11):3483-3494. PMID: 34383914
Effect modification by age of the association between obstructive lung diseases, smoking, and COVID-19 severity.
Moschovis PP, Lu M, Hayden D, Yonker LM, Lombay J, Taveras E, Arauz Boudreau A, Triant VA, Foulkes AS, Bassett I, Hibberd PL, Kinane TB.
BMJ Open Respir Res. 2021 11. 8(1). PMID: 34740944
Effects of the First 1000?Days Program, a systems-change intervention, on obesity risk factors during pregnancy.
Simione M, Moreno-Galarraga L, Perkins M, Price SN, Luo M, Kotelchuck M, Blake-Lamb TL, Taveras EM.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Oct 27. 21(1):729. PMID: 34706698
Longitudinal association of actigraphy-assessed sleep with physical growth in the first 6 months of life.
Li X, Haneuse S, Rueschman M, Kaplan ER, Yu X, Davison KK, Redline S, Taveras EM.
Sleep. 2021 Oct 22. PMID: 34676870
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