Association of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake with Maternal Postpartum Weight Retention.
Mahabamunuge J, Simione M, Hong B, Horan C, Ayala SG, Davison K, Redline S, Taveras EM.
Public Health Nutr. 2020 Dec 18. 1-23. PMID: 33336643
Professor
Elsie Mireya Taveras
Other Positions
Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Population Medicine
Population Medicine
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
Links
Bibliography
Engaging fathers in the first 1000?days to improve perinatal outcomes and prevent obesity: Rationale and design of the first heroes randomized trial.
Whooten RC, Kwete GM, Farrar-Muir H, Cournoyer RN, Barth EA, Kotelchuck M, Taveras EM.
Contemp Clin Trials. 2020 Dec 16. 106253. PMID: 33340750
Expectant Fathers' Social Determinants of Health in Early Pregnancy.
Neri Mini F, Saltzman JA, Simione M, Luo M, Perkins ME, Roche B, Blake-Lamb T, Kotelchuck M, Arauz-Boudreau A, Davison K, Taveras EM.
Glob Pediatr Health. 2020. 7:2333794X20975628. PMID: 33294495
Associations between subjectively and objectively measured sleep duration and timing in infants at age 6 months.
Quante M, Hong B, Ash T, Yu X, Kaplan ER, Rueschman M, Jackson C, Haneuse S, Davison K, Taveras EM, Redline S.
Sleep. 2020 Oct 24. PMID: 33098646
Emergence of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic differences in objectively measured sleep-wake patterns in early infancy: results of the Rise & SHINE study.
Yu X, Quante M, Rueschman M, Ash T, Kaplan ER, Guo N, Horan CM, Haneuse S, Davison K, Taveras EM, Redline S.
Sleep. 2020 Oct 15. PMID: 33057653
Psychosocial status and prenatal care of unintended pregnancies among low-income women.
Cruz-Bendezú AM, Lovell GV, Roche B, Perkins M, Blake-Lamb TL, Taveras EM, Simione M.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Oct 12. 20(1):615. PMID: 33046003
Evaluating the Implementation of a Before-School Physical Activity Program: A Mixed-Methods Approach in Massachusetts, 2018.
Whooten RC, Horan C, Cordes J, Dartley AN, Aguirre A, Taveras EM.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2020 10 01. 17:E116. PMID: 33006544
Community Care in Reach: Mobilizing Harm Reduction and Addiction Treatment Services for Vulnerable Populations.
Regis C, Gaeta JM, Mackin S, Baggett TP, Quinlan J, Taveras EM.
Front Public Health. 2020. 8:501. PMID: 33102413
Contextual and Parenting Factors Contribute to Shorter Sleep Among Hispanic/Latinx Compared to Non-Hispanic White Infants.
Ash T, Taveras EM, Redline S, Haneuse S, Quante M, Davison K.
Ann Behav Med. 2020 Sep 11. PMID: 32914840
Associations of DXA-measured abdominal adiposity with cardio-metabolic risk and related markers in early adolescence in Project Viva.
Wu AJ, Rifas-Shiman SL, Taveras EM, Oken E, Hivert MF.
Pediatr Obes. 2021 Feb. 16(2):e12704. PMID: 32761791
News
NIH funding to help researchers scale up COVID-19 testing in underserved communities
October 7, 2020 – A collaborative team from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Kraft Center for Community Health at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers will work together to…
New center receives NIH Cancer Moonshot grant to tackle inequities in prevention
Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard University have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to fund the creation of an implementation science center focused on cancer control…
Kids’ poor sleep may lead to adult cardiovascular disease
Adolescents who get insufficient and poor quality sleep are more likely than well-rested kids to have higher blood pressure, bigger waistlines, and lower levels of HDL, or “good” cholesterol—risk factors that can set them up for cardiovascular disease…
Brand marketing gone bad
An analysis of products in a popular school-based marketing program found that less than one third of participating foods and beverages meet federal "Smart Snacks" standards.
Community-wide effort to fight childhood obesity shows promise
For immediate release: June 27, 2017 Key Takeaways: After a two-year comprehensive effort to reduce childhood obesity in two low-income communities in Massachusetts, the prevalence of obesity decreased among some schoolchildren; some students drank less sugar-sweetened beverages and…
