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Jennifer A Woo Baidal; Matthew W Gillman; Elizabeth Gonzalez-Suarez; Steven L Gortmaker; Christine M Horan; Kathleen Mitchell; Sarah N Price; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Elsie M Taveras
Parental perceptions of a motivational interviewing-based pediatric obesity prevention intervention.
Jennifer K Cheng; Joanne E Cox; Elsie M Taveras
Patient-centered approaches to childhood obesity care.
Christine R Ayash; Virginia R Chomitz; Karen Hacker; Jill Kasper; Ken P Kleinman; Richard Marshall; Steven R Simon; Elsie M Taveras
Evaluating the impact of point- of-care decision support tools in improving diagnosis of obese children in primary care.

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2013: Jennifer A Woo Baidal; Matthew W Gillman; Elizabeth Gonzalez-Suarez; Steven L Gortmaker; Christine M Horan; Kathleen Mitchell; Sarah N Price; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Elsie M Taveras
Parental perceptions of a motivational interviewing-based pediatric obesity prevention intervention.
Clinical pediatrics 2013;52(6):540-8.
2013: Jennifer K Cheng; Joanne E Cox; Elsie M Taveras
Patient-centered approaches to childhood obesity care.
Childhood obesity (Print) 2013;9(2):85-8.
2013: Christine R Ayash; Virginia R Chomitz; Karen Hacker; Jill Kasper; Ken P Kleinman; Richard Marshall; Steven R Simon; Elsie M Taveras
Evaluating the impact of point- of-care decision support tools in improving diagnosis of obese children in primary care.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2013;21(3):576-82.
2013: Lauren Fiechtner; Matthew W Gillman; Steven L Gortmaker; Steven J Melly; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Jason Block; Dustin T Duncan; Elsie M Taveras
Proximity to supermarkets associated with higher body mass index among overweight and obese preschool-age children.
Preventive medicine 2013;56(3-4):218-21.
2013: Mona Sharifi; Steven R Simon; Jonathan A Finkelstein; Matthew W Gillman; Richard Marshall; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Elsie M Taveras
Evaluating the implementation of expert committee recommendations for obesity assessment.
Clinical pediatrics 2013;52(2):131-8.
2013: Elsie M Taveras; Matthew W Gillman; Karen Hacker; Christine M Horan; Ken P Kleinman; Renata Koziol; Richard Marshall; Sarah Price; Steven R Simon
Rationale and design of the STAR randomized controlled trial to accelerate adoption of childhood obesity comparative effectiveness research.
Contemporary clinical trials 2013;34(1):101-8.
2012: Jennifer A Woo Baidal; Elsie M Taveras
Childhood obesity: shifting the focus to early prevention.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2012;166(12):1179-81.
2012: Elsie M Taveras; Karen Troncoso; Clement J Bottino; Jess Haines; Julia McDonald; Ashley O'Brien; Marie Evans Schmidt; Bettylou Sherry; Renata Koziol
Healthy Habits, Happy Homes: methods and baseline data of a randomized controlled trial to improve household routines for obesity prevention.
Preventive medicine 2012;55(5):418-26.
2012: Clement J Bottino; Matthew W Gillman; Diane Gold; Ken P Kleinman; Petros Koutrakis; Steven J Melly; Emily Oken; Susan Redline; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Joel Schwartz; Elsie M Taveras
The association of urbanicity with infant sleep duration.
Health & place 2012;18(5):1000-5.
2012: Kendrin R Sonneville; Matthew W Gillman; Steven L Gortmaker; Ken P Kleinman; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Elsie M Taveras
Associations of obesogenic behaviors in mothers and obese children participating in a randomized trial.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2012;20(7):1449-54.
2012: Marie Evans Schmidt; Bettylou Sherry; Jess Haines; Julia McDonald; Ashley O'Brien; Sarah Price; Elsie M Taveras
Systematic review of effective strategies for reducing screen time among young children.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2012;20(7):1338-54.
2012: Sara E Benjamin Neelon; Emily Oken; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Elsie M Taveras; Matthew W Gillman
Age of achievement of gross motor milestones in infancy and adiposity at age 3 years.
Maternal and child health journal 2012;16(5):1015-20.
2012: Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Matthew W Gillman; Ken Kleinman; Emily Oken; Elsie M Taveras
Similarity of the CDC and WHO weight-for-length growth charts in predicting risk of obesity at age 5 years.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2012;20(6):1261-5.
2012: Xiaozhong Wen; Matthew W Gillman; Ken Kleinman; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Bettylou Sherry; Elsie M Taveras
Decreasing prevalence of obesity among young children in Massachusetts from 2004 to 2008.
Pediatrics 2012;129(5):823-31.
2012: Eileen M Dryden; Jessica Hardin; Julia McDonald; Elsie M Taveras; Karen Hacker
Provider perspectives on electronic decision supports for obesity prevention.
Clinical pediatrics 2012;51(5):490-7.
2012: Katherine H Hohman; Sarah N Price; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Kendrin Sonneville; Matthew W Gillman; Steven L Gortmaker; Elsie M Taveras
Can the Internet be used to reach parents for family-based childhood obesity interventions?
Clinical pediatrics 2012;51(4):314-20.
2012: Michelle-Marie Peña; Brittany Dixon; Elsie M Taveras
Are you talking to ME? The importance of ethnicity and culture in childhood obesity prevention and management.
Childhood obesity (Print) 2012;8(1):23-7.
2012: Sarah N Price; Matthew W Gillman; Jess Haines; Julia McDonald; Emily Oken; Elsie M Taveras
Content analysis of motivational counseling calls targeting obesity-related behaviors among postpartum women.
Maternal and child health journal 2012;16(2):439-47.
2012: Anne M Dattilo; Nancy F Krebs; Alan Lake; Leann Birch; Elsie M Taveras; Jose M Saavedra
Need for early interventions in the prevention of pediatric overweight: a review and upcoming directions.
Journal of obesity 2012;2012():123023.
2012: Xiaozhong Wen; Matthew W Gillman; Ken Kleinman; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Elsie M Taveras
Childhood body mass index trajectories: modeling, characterizing, pairwise correlations and socio-demographic predictors of trajectory characteristics.
BMC medical research methodology 2012;12():38.
2012: Brittany Dixon; Michelle-Marie Peña; Elsie M Taveras
Lifecourse approach to racial/ethnic disparities in childhood obesity.
Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) 2012;3(1):73-82.
2011: Elsie M Taveras; Jess Haines; Ken Kleinman; Emily Oken; Janet W Rich-Edwards; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Bettylou Sherry; Matthew W Gillman
Crossing growth percentiles in infancy and risk of obesity in childhood.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2011;165(11):993-8.
2011: Elsie M Taveras; Sarah Price; Katherine Blackburn; Matthew W Gillman; Jess Haines; Julia McDonald; Emily Oken
First steps for mommy and me: a pilot intervention to improve nutrition and physical activity behaviors of postpartum mothers and their infants.
Maternal and child health journal 2011;15(8):1217-27.
2011: Kendrin R Sonneville; Matthew W Gillman; Steven L Gortmaker; Emily Oken; Karen E Peterson; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Elsie M Taveras
Longitudinal association of maternal attempt to lose weight during the postpartum period and child obesity at age 3 years.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2011;19(10):2046-52.
2011: Michelle-Marie Peña; Elsie M Taveras
Preventing childhood obesity: wake up, it's time for sleep!
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2011;7(4):343-4.
2011: Guadalupe Rodríguez-Oliveros; Elsie M Taveras; Marco A González-Unzaga; Jess Haines; Doris Ortega-Altamirano; Elaine Power; Hortensia Reyes-Morales
Obesity determinants in Mexican preschool children: parental perceptions and practices related to feeding and physical activity.
Archives of medical research 2011;42(6):532-9.
2011: Elsie M Taveras; Steven L Gortmaker; Katherine H Hohman; Christine M Horan; Ken Kleinman; Kathleen Mitchell; Sarah Price; Lisa A Prosser; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Matthew W Gillman
Randomized controlled trial to improve primary care to prevent and manage childhood obesity: the High Five for Kids study.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2011;165(8):714-22.
2011: Elsie M Taveras; Janet W Rich-Edwards; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Christos S Mantzoros
Maternal short sleep duration is associated with increased levels of inflammatory markers at 3 years postpartum.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental 2011;60(7):982-6.
2011: Julia McDonald; Roberta E Goldman; Ashley O'Brien; Christine Ayash; Kathy Mitchell; Richard Marshall; Steven R Simon; Elsie M Taveras
Health information technology to guide pediatric obesity management.
Clinical pediatrics 2011;50(6):543-9.
2011: Lenie van Rossem; Matthew W Gillman; Ken P Kleinman; Hein Raat; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Elsie M Taveras; Emily Oken
Is the association of breastfeeding with child obesity explained by infant weight change?
International journal of pediatric obesity : IJPO : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity 2011;6(2-2):e415-22.
2011: Susanna Y Huh; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Elsie M Taveras; Emily Oken; Matthew W Gillman
Timing of solid food introduction and risk of obesity in preschool-aged children.
Pediatrics 2011;127(3):e544-51.
2011: Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Bettylou Sherry; Kelley S Scanlon; L L Birch; Matthew W Gillman; Elsie M Taveras
Does maternal feeding restriction lead to childhood obesity in a prospective cohort study?
Archives of disease in childhood 2011;96(3):265-9.
2011: Margaret Parker; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Mandy B Belfort; Elsie M Taveras; Emily Oken; Christos Mantzoros; Matthew W Gillman
Gestational glucose tolerance and cord blood leptin levels predict slower weight gain in early infancy.
The Journal of pediatrics 2011;158(2):227-33.
2011: Elsie M Taveras; Katherine H Hohman; Sarah N Price; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Kathleen Mitchell; Steven L Gortmaker; Matthew W Gillman
Correlates of participation in a pediatric primary care-based obesity prevention intervention.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2011;19(2):449-52.
2011: Elsie M Taveras; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Janet W Rich-Edwards; Erica P Gunderson; Alison Stuebe; Christos S Mantzoros
Association of maternal short sleep duration with adiposity and cardiometabolic status at 3 years postpartum.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2011;19(1):171-8.
2010: David E Arterburn; Gwen Alexander; Josephine Calvi; Laura A Coleman; Matthew W Gillman; Rachel Novotny; Virginia P Quinn; Margaret Rukstalis; Victor J Stevens; Elsie M Taveras; Nancy E Sherwood
Body mass index measurement and obesity prevalence in ten U.S. health plans.
Clinical medicine & research 2010;8(3-4):126-30.
2010: Michael D Nevarez; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Ken Kleinman; Matthew W Gillman; Elsie M Taveras
Associations of early life risk factors with infant sleep duration.
Academic pediatrics 2010;10(3):187-93.
2010: Susanna Y Huh; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Janet W Rich-Edwards; Elsie M Taveras; Matthew W Gillman
Prospective association between milk intake and adiposity in preschool-aged children.
Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2010;110(4):563-70.
2010: Elsie M Taveras; Matthew W Gillman; Ken Kleinman; Janet W Rich-Edwards; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman
Racial/ethnic differences in early-life risk factors for childhood obesity.
Pediatrics 2010;125(4):686-95.
2009: Philomena A Asante; Joanne Cox; Kendrin Sonneville; Ronald C Samuels; Elsie M Taveras
Overweight prevention in pediatric primary care: a needs assessment of an urban racial/ethnic minority population.
Clinical pediatrics 2009;48(8):837-43.
2009: Elsie M Taveras; Katherine H Hohman; Sarah Price; Steven L Gortmaker; Kendrin Sonneville
Televisions in the bedrooms of racial/ethnic minority children: how did they get there and how do we get them out?
Clinical pediatrics 2009;48(7):715-9.
2009: Sara E Benjamin; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Elsie M Taveras; Jess Haines; Jonathan Finkelstein; Ken Kleinman; Matthew W Gillman
Early child care and adiposity at ages 1 and 3 years.
Pediatrics 2009;124(2):555-62.
2009: Elsie M Taveras; Kathleen Mitchell; Steven L Gortmaker
Parental confidence in making overweight-related behavior changes.
Pediatrics 2009;124(1):151-8.
2009: Sara E Benjamin; Elsie M Taveras; Angie L Cradock; Elizabeth M Walker; Meghan M Slining; Matthew W Gillman
State and regional variation in regulations related to feeding infants in child care.
Pediatrics 2009;124(1):e104-11.
2009: Elsie M Taveras; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Mandy B Belfort; Ken Kleinman; Emily Oken; Matthew W Gillman
Weight status in the first 6 months of life and obesity at 3 years of age.
Pediatrics 2009;123(4):1177-83.
2009: Marie Evans Schmidt; Michael Rich; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Emily Oken; Elsie M Taveras
Television viewing in infancy and child cognition at 3 years of age in a US cohort.
Pediatrics 2009;123(3):e370-5.
2009: Charmaine S Wright; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Janet W Rich-Edwards; Elsie M Taveras; Matthew W Gillman; Emily Oken
Intrauterine exposure to gestational diabetes, child adiposity, and blood pressure.
American journal of hypertension 2009;22(2):215-20.
2009: Kendrin R Sonneville; Nancy La Pelle; Elsie M Taveras; Matthew W Gillman; Lisa A Prosser
Economic and other barriers to adopting recommendations to prevent childhood obesity: results of a focus group study with parents.
BMC pediatrics 2009;9():81.
2008: Elsie M Taveras; Steven L Gortmaker; Kathleen F Mitchell; Matthew W Gillman
Parental perceptions of overweight counseling in primary care: the roles of race/ethnicity and parent overweight.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2008;16(8):1794-801.
2008: Matthew W Gillman; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Ken Kleinman; Emily Oken; Janet W Rich-Edwards; Elsie M Taveras
Developmental origins of childhood overweight: potential public health impact.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2008;16(7):1651-6.
2008: Elsie M Taveras; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Carlos A Camargo; Diane R Gold; Augusto A Litonjua; Emily Oken; Scott Weiss; Matthew W Gillman
Higher adiposity in infancy associated with recurrent wheeze in a prospective cohort of children.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2008;121(5):1161-1166.e3.
2008: Elsie M Taveras; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Emily Oken; Erica P Gunderson; Matthew W Gillman
Short sleep duration in infancy and risk of childhood overweight.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2008;162(4):305-11.
2008: Erica P Gunderson; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Emily Oken; Janet W Rich-Edwards; Ken Kleinman; Elsie M Taveras; Matthew W Gillman
Association of fewer hours of sleep at 6 months postpartum with substantial weight retention at 1 year postpartum.
American journal of epidemiology 2008;167(2):178-87.
2007: Bonnie A Spear; Sarah E Barlow; Chris Ervin; David S Ludwig; Brian E Saelens; Karen E Schetzina; Elsie M Taveras
Recommendations for treatment of child and adolescent overweight and obesity.
Pediatrics 2007;120 Suppl 4():S254-88.
2007: Elsie M Taveras; Arthur M Sobol; Cynthia Hannon; Daniel Finkelstein; Jean L Wiecha; Steven L Gortmaker
Youths' perceptions of overweight-related prevention counseling at a primary care visit.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2007;15(4):831-6.
2007: Emily Oken; Elsie M Taveras; Ken Kleinman; Janet W Rich-Edwards; Matthew W Gillman
Gestational weight gain and child adiposity at age 3 years.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2007;196(4):322.e1-8.
2007: Emily Oken; Elsie M Taveras; Folasade A Popoola; Janet W Rich-Edwards; Matthew W Gillman
Television, walking, and diet: associations with postpartum weight retention.
American journal of preventive medicine 2007;32(4):305-11.
2007: Elsie M Taveras; Alison E Field; Catherine S Berkey; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Lindsay Frazier; GRaham Colditz; Matthew W Gillman
Longitudinal relationship between television viewing and leisure-time physical activity during adolescence.
Pediatrics 2007;119(2):e314-9.
2006: Elsie M Taveras; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Kelley S Scanlon; Laurence M Grummer-Strawn; Bettylou Sherry; Matthew W Gillman
To what extent is the protective effect of breastfeeding on future overweight explained by decreased maternal feeding restriction?
Pediatrics 2006;118(6):2341-8.
2006: Elsie M Taveras; Thomas J Sandora; Mei-Chiung Shih; Dennis Ross-Degnan; Donald A Goldmann; Matthew W Gillman
The association of television and video viewing with fast food intake by preschool-age children.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2006;14(11):2034-41.
2006: Elsie M Taveras; Nancy Lapelle; Ruchi S Gupta; Jonathan A Finkelstein
Planning for health promotion in low-income preschool child care settings: focus groups of parents and child care providers.
Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association 2006;6(6):342-6.
2006: Matthew W Gillman; Janet W Rich-Edwards; Susanna Huh; Joseph A Majzoub; Emily Oken; Elsie M Taveras; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman
Maternal corticotropin-releasing hormone levels during pregnancy and offspring adiposity.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2006;14(9):1647-53.
2006: Elsie M Taveras; Carlos A Camargo; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Emily Oken; Diane R Gold; Scott Weiss; Matthew W Gillman
Association of birth weight with asthma-related outcomes at age 2 years.
Pediatric pulmonology 2006;41(7):643-8.
2005: Emily Oken; Susanna Y Huh; Elsie M Taveras; Janet W Rich-Edwards; Matthew W Gillman
Associations of maternal prenatal smoking with child adiposity and blood pressure.
Obesity research 2005;13(11):2021-8.
2005: Elsie M Taveras; Catherine S Berkey; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; David S Ludwig; Helaine R H Rockett; Alison E Field; GRaham Colditz; Matthew W Gillman
Association of consumption of fried food away from home with body mass index and diet quality in older children and adolescents.
Pediatrics 2005;116(4):e518-24.
2005: Ruchi S Gupta; Steve Shuman; Elsie M Taveras; Martin Kulldorff; Jonathan A Finkelstein
Opportunities for health promotion education in child care.
Pediatrics 2005;116(4):e499-505.
2005: Thomas J Sandora; Elsie M Taveras; Mei-Chiung Shih; Elissa A Resnick; Grace M Lee; Dennis Ross-Degnan; Donald A Goldmann
A randomized, controlled trial of a multifaceted intervention including alcohol-based hand sanitizer and hand-hygiene education to reduce illness transmission in the home.
Pediatrics 2005;116(3):587-94.
2005: Elsie M Taveras; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Catherine S Berkey; Helaine R H Rockett; Alison E Field; Lindsay Frazier; GRaham Colditz; Matthew W Gillman
Family dinner and adolescent overweight.
Obesity research 2005;13(5):900-6.
2004: Elsie M Taveras; Kelley S Scanlon; Leann Birch; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Janet W Rich-Edwards; Matthew W Gillman
Association of breastfeeding with maternal control of infant feeding at age 1 year.
Pediatrics 2004;114(5):e577-83.
2004: Elsie M Taveras; Sharon Durousseau; Glenn Flores
Parents' beliefs and practices regarding childhood fever: a study of a multiethnic and socioeconomically diverse sample of parents.
Pediatric emergency care 2004;20(9):579-87.
2004: Elsie M Taveras; Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman; Alison E Field; Lindsay Frazier; GRaham Colditz; Matthew W Gillman
The influence of wanting to look like media figures on adolescent physical activity.
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2004;35(1):41-50.
2004: Elsie M Taveras; Ruowei Li; Laurence M Grummer-Strawn; Marcie Richardson; Richard Marshall; Virginia H Rêgo; Irina Miroshnik; Tracy A Lieu
Mothers' and clinicians' perspectives on breastfeeding counseling during routine preventive visits.
Pediatrics 2004;113(5):e405-11.
2004: Elsie M Taveras; Ruowei Li; Laurence M Grummer-Strawn; Marcie Richardson; Richard Marshall; Virginia H Rêgo; Irina Miroshnik; Tracy A Lieu
Opinions and practices of clinicians associated with continuation of exclusive breastfeeding.
Pediatrics 2004;113(4):e283-90.
2003: Elsie M Taveras; Angela M Capra; Paula Braveman; Nancy G Jensvold; Gabriel J Escobar; Tracy A Lieu
Clinician support and psychosocial risk factors associated with breastfeeding discontinuation.
Pediatrics 2003;112(1 Pt 1):108-15.