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| Jason A MendozaSummaryAffiliation: Baylor College of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Convergent validity of preschool children's television viewing measures among low-income Latino families: a cross-sectional studyJason A Mendoza
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030 2600, USA
Child Obes 9:29-34. 2013..The goal of this study was to test the reliability and convergent validity of four TV viewing measures among low-income Latino preschool children in the United States...- General versus central adiposity and relationship to pediatric metabolic riskJason A Mendoza
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Metab Syndr Relat Disord 10:128-36. 2012..The influence of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and general versus central adiposity on pediatric metabolic risk is not well described... - The walking school bus and children's physical activity: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trialJason A Mendoza
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Pediatrics 128:e537-44. 2011..To evaluate the impact of a "walking school bus" program on children's rates of active commuting to school and physical activity... - Impact of a pilot walking school bus intervention on children's pedestrian safety behaviors: a pilot studyJason A Mendoza
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates St, Houston, TX 77030 2600, USA
Health Place 18:24-30. 2012..01) of crossing at the corner/crosswalk but 5-fold lower odds (p<0.01) of stopping at the curb. The protocol appears feasible for documenting changes to school-level PSB... - Change in dietary energy density after implementation of the Texas Public School Nutrition PolicyJason A Mendoza
US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Academic General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, and Dan L Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030 2600, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 110:434-40. 2010..29+/-0.53 kcal/g (P<0.0001). In conclusion, the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy was associated with desirable reductions in energy density, which suggests improved nutrient intake as a result of student school lunch consumption... - Validity of instruments to assess students' travel and pedestrian safetyJason A Mendoza
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
BMC Public Health 10:257. 2010..This research validated the SRTS school travel survey and a pedestrian safety behavior checklist... - Pilot evaluation of a walking school bus program in a low-income, urban communityJason A Mendoza
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center and Academic General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, 1100 Bates St, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
BMC Public Health 9:122. 2009..To evaluate the impact of a walking school bus (WSB) program on student transport in a low-income, urban neighborhood... 
Dietary energy density is associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome in U.S. adultsJason A Mendoza
Children s Nutrition Research Center and Academic General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030 2600, USA
Diabetes Care 30:974-9. 2007..Rising obesity rates have been linked to the consumption of energy-dense diets. We examined whether dietary energy density was associated with obesity and related disorders including insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome...- Active commuting to school and association with physical activity and adiposity among US youthJason A Mendoza
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
J Phys Act Health 8:488-95. 2011..We also examined whether MVPA mediated the relationships between active commuting and adiposity... - Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and obesity in adolescents aged 12 to 19 years: comparison between the United States and KoreaJinKyung Park
Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
J Korean Med Sci 25:75-82. 2010..In conclusion, there are differences in the prevalence of MetS, obesity, and the individual MetS risk factors between the US and Korean adolescents; however, the risk of MetS among obese adolescents is similar in both countries... - Nutrient quality of fast food kids mealsSharon I O'Donnell
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 88:1388-95. 2008..Exposure of children to kids meals at fast food restaurants is high; however, the nutrient quality of such meals has not been systematically assessed... - Dietary energy density is associated with selected predictors of obesity in U.S. ChildrenJason A Mendoza
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
J Nutr 136:1318-22. 2006..Although food insecurity and WIC enrollment were not associated with DED in this study sample, milk consumption in children < or = 4 y old was associated with lower DED... - A comparison of the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the United States (US) and Korea in young adults aged 20 to 39 yearsJinKyung Park
Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 17:471-82. 2008..National health policies designed to prevent the Metabolic Syndrome, its individual abnormalities, and its complications using population-based characteristics of each nation will generate improved outcomes... 
TV parenting practices: is the same scale appropriate for parents of children of different ages?Tzu An Chen
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, RM, 4012, Houston, TX, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 10:41. 2013..Perform differential item functioning (DIF) analysis to test whether item parameter estimates differed across education, language, or age groups...- Prospective BMI category change associated with cardiovascular fitness changeTom Baranowski
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX 77030 2600, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 45:294-8. 2013..The objective of this study was to test the relationship of change in body mass index (BMI) percentile score group (from sixth to eighth grade) with change in cardiovascular fitness (CVF), baseline BMIz-score, and CVF...