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| Meghan R LongacreSummaryAffiliation: Dartmouth Medical School Country: USA Publications
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Fast-food environments and family fast-food intake in nonmetropolitan areasMeghan R Longacre
Community Health Research Program, Hood Center for Children and Families, Department of Pediatrics, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, HB 7465, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon NH 03756 0001, USA
Am J Prev Med 42:579-87. 2012..Little is known about the influence of in-town fast-food availability on family-level fast-food intake in nonmetropolitan areas...
Public directory data sources do not accurately characterize the food environment in two predominantly rural statesMeghan R Longacre
Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756 0001, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 111:577-82. 2011..To inform local obesity-prevention efforts, communities should strongly consider using field verification to characterize the food environment in low-population areas...
Parental attitudes about cigarette smoking and alcohol use in the Motion Picture Association of America rating systemMeghan R Longacre
Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:218-24. 2009..To evaluate whether parents want smoking and alcohol use to be considered in movie ratings...
Influence of sports, physical education, and active commuting to school on adolescent weight statusKeith M Drake
Hood Center for Children and Families, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, One Medical Center Dr, HB 7465, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Pediatrics 130:e296-304. 2012..To compare the associations between weight status and different forms of physical activity among adolescents...
Influence of movie smoking exposure and team sports participation on established smokingAnna M Adachi-Mejia
Community Health Research Program, Hood Center for Children and Families, Dartmouth Medical School, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756 0001, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:638-43. 2009..To examine the joint effects of movie smoking exposure and team sports participation on established smoking...
Perceived intrinsic barriers to physical activity among rural mothersAnna M Adachi-Mejia
Community Health Research Program, Hood Center for Children and Families, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756 0001, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 19:2197-202. 2010..The purpose of this study was to identify and determine the influence of perceived intrinsic barriers to physical activity among mothers living in rural areas...
Built environment predictors of active travel to school among rural adolescentsMadeline A Dalton
Community Health Research Program, Hood Center for Children and Families, Dartmouth Medical School, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756 0001, USA
Am J Prev Med 40:312-9. 2011..Most studies of active travel to school (ATS) have been conducted in urban or suburban areas and focused on young children. Little is known about ATS among rural adolescents...
Early exposure to movie smoking predicts established smoking by older teens and young adultsMadeline A Dalton
Hood Center for Children and Families, Dartmouth Medical School, HB 7465, One Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Pediatrics 123:e551-8. 2009..We conducted a prospective study to determine whether movie smoking exposure during early adolescence predicts established smoking in older teens and young adults...
Adolescent weight status and receptivity to food TV advertisementsAnna M Adachi-Mejia
Community Health Research Program, Hood Center for Children and Families, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756 0001, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 43:441-8. 2011..This study examined the relationship between adolescent weight status and food advertisement receptivity...
Longitudinal study of viewing smoking in movies and initiation of smoking by childrenLinda Titus-Ernstoff
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Pediatrics 121:15-21. 2008..However, all studies except one were cross-sectional, and none updated movie smoking exposure prospectively or assessed its influence on children...
Parental rules and monitoring of children's movie viewing associated with children's risk for smoking and drinkingMadeline A Dalton
Hood Center for Children and Families, Community Health Research Program, HB 7465, Dartmouth Medical School, One Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Pediatrics 118:1932-42. 2006..We examined the role of parents in monitoring and limiting children's movie exposure and whether or not this was associated with a lower risk of adolescent smoking and drinking...
Factors affecting the detection rate of human papillomavirusDiane M Harper
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
Ann Fam Med 1:221-7. 2003..The purpose of this study was to determine whether cyclic hormonal variation, recent sexual intercourse, interval between samplings, and the technique used to sample affect the detection of HPV...
