Cindy W Leung

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Low-income Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation is related to adiposity and metabolic risk factors
    Cindy W Leung
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 95:17-24. 2012
  2. ncbi Very low food security predicts obesity predominantly in California Hispanic men and women
    Cindy W Leung
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Public Health Nutr 15:2228-36. 2012
  3. ncbi Measuring the neighborhood environment: associations with young girls' energy intake and expenditure in a cross-sectional study
    Cindy W Leung
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 335, Box 0856, San Francisco, CA 94143 0856 USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:52. 2010
  4. ncbi Is participation in food and income assistance programmes associated with obesity in California adults? Results from a state-wide survey
    Cindy W Leung
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Public Health Nutr 14:645-52. 2011
  5. ncbi The influence of neighborhood food stores on change in young girls' body mass index
    Cindy W Leung
    Department of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Am J Prev Med 41:43-51. 2011
  6. ncbi Dietary intake and dietary quality of low-income adults in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
    Cindy W Leung
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 96:977-88. 2012
  7. ncbi A qualitative study of diverse experts' views about barriers and strategies to improve the diets and health of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries
    Cindy W Leung
    Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    J Acad Nutr Diet 113:70-6. 2013
  8. ncbi Associations of food stamp participation with dietary quality and obesity in children
    Cindy W Leung
    Departments of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Pediatrics 131:463-72. 2013

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Low-income Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation is related to adiposity and metabolic risk factors
    Cindy W Leung
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 95:17-24. 2012
    ..The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest federal nutrition assistance program. In recent years, SNAP participation rates increased during times of economic hardship...
  2. ncbi Very low food security predicts obesity predominantly in California Hispanic men and women
    Cindy W Leung
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Public Health Nutr 15:2228-36. 2012
    ..We examined whether food insecurity was associated with BMI and obesity within gender and racial/ethnic groups in a large, diverse sample of low-income adults...
  3. ncbi Measuring the neighborhood environment: associations with young girls' energy intake and expenditure in a cross-sectional study
    Cindy W Leung
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 335, Box 0856, San Francisco, CA 94143 0856 USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:52. 2010
    ..abstract:..
  4. ncbi Is participation in food and income assistance programmes associated with obesity in California adults? Results from a state-wide survey
    Cindy W Leung
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Public Health Nutr 14:645-52. 2011
    ....
  5. ncbi The influence of neighborhood food stores on change in young girls' body mass index
    Cindy W Leung
    Department of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Am J Prev Med 41:43-51. 2011
    ..As the prevalence of childhood obesity has risen in past decades, more attention has been given to how the neighborhood food environment affects children's health outcomes...
  6. ncbi Dietary intake and dietary quality of low-income adults in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
    Cindy W Leung
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 96:977-88. 2012
    ..The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) aims to alleviate hunger among its beneficiaries by providing benefits to purchase nutritious foods...
  7. ncbi A qualitative study of diverse experts' views about barriers and strategies to improve the diets and health of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries
    Cindy W Leung
    Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    J Acad Nutr Diet 113:70-6. 2013
    ....
  8. ncbi Associations of food stamp participation with dietary quality and obesity in children
    Cindy W Leung
    Departments of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Pediatrics 131:463-72. 2013
    ..To determine if obesity and dietary quality in low-income children differed by participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program...