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| KIMBERLY BETH MORLANDSummaryAffiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Publications
The contextual effect of the local food environment on residents' diets: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyKimberly Morland
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Am J Public Health 92:1761-7. 2002..We studied the association between the local food environment and residents' report of recommended dietary intake...
Supermarkets, other food stores, and obesity: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyKimberly Morland
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Am J Prev Med 30:333-9. 2006..The purpose of this study was to examine whether characteristics of the local food environment are associated with the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors...
An evaluation of a neighborhood-level intervention to a local food environmentKimberly B Morland
Department of Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Am J Prev Med 39:e31-8. 2010..The impact of local availability of healthy foods on dietary intake and health has been established. Interventions to local environments are being evaluated for their efficacy and sustainability...
Body burdens of polybrominated diphenyl ethers among urban anglersKimberly B Morland
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:1689-92. 2005..These findings suggest that consumption of locally caught fish is not a major route of human exposure for this study population...
Obesity prevalence and the local food environmentKimberly B Morland
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA
Health Place 15:491-5. 2009..Our findings are consistent with other studies showing that types of food stores and restaurants influence food choices and, subsequently, diet-related health outcomes...
Fish consumption and body burden of organochlorines among lower Hudson urban anglersKimberly Morland
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
Am J Ind Med 51:587-94. 2008..Although body burdens and health effects resulting from exposure to these pollutants have been measured in other populations, little is known about anglers from the lower Hudson area...
The utilization of local food environments by urban seniorsKimberly Morland
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Prev Med 47:289-93. 2008..The objective of this study was to describe food shopping patterns for urban seniors and measure the influence of neighborhood and individual level factors on intake of fresh fruits and vegetables...
Disparities in the availability of fruits and vegetables between racially segregated urban neighbourhoodsKimberly Morland
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA
Public Health Nutr 10:1481-9. 2007..Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the availability and variety of produce located in two racially and economically diverse urban neighbourhoods...
Race and food store availability in an inner-city neighbourhoodMaida P Galvez
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Public Health Nutr 11:624-31. 2008..Less is known about whether differences in availability of resources by African American or Latino race/ethnicity exist within a single minority community...
The use of an electronic medical record to improve documentation and treatment of obesityRichard Bordowitz
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Fam Med 39:274-9. 2007..We explored whether an EMR automatic calculation of body mass index (BMI) improved clinician documentation and treatment of overweight and obesity...
Neighborhood characteristics associated with the location of food stores and food service placesKimberly Morland
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Am J Prev Med 22:23-9. 2002..This study examines the distribution of food stores and food service places by neighborhood wealth and racial segregation...
Research Grants
- Racial Disparities in Food Environments and DietKimberly Morland; Fiscal Year: 2005..Conclusions: The results of this reseach will provide more effective intervention strategies for modifying dietary consumption as well as generate hypotheses for future research. ..
- Building Food Justice in East New YorkKimberly Morland; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Cardiovascular Health of Seniors and the Built EnvironmentKimberly Morland; Fiscal Year: 2009..This proposal aims to evaluate the relationships between individuals, physical and social environments and dietary/physical activity decisions and behaviors that effect cardiovascular disease risk. ..
- Cardiovascular Health of Seniors and the Built EnvironmentKimberly Morland; Fiscal Year: 2009..This proposal aims to evaluate the relationships between individuals, physical and social environments and dietary/physical activity decisions and behaviors that effect cardiovascular disease risk. ..
- Cardiovascular Health of Seniors and the Built EnvironmentKIMBERLY BETH MORLAND; Fiscal Year: 2010..This proposal aims to evaluate the relationships between individuals, physical and social environments and dietary/physical activity decisions and behaviors that effect cardiovascular disease risk. ..
