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A national study of neighborhood safety, outdoor play, television viewing, and obesity in preschool childrenHillary L Burdette
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pediatrics 116:657-62. 2005..To test the hypothesis that preschool children have a higher prevalence of obesity, spend less time playing outdoors, and spend more time watching television (TV) when they live in neighborhoods that their mothers perceive as unsafe...
A qualitative study of the aspirations and challenges of low-income mothers in feeding their preschool-aged childrenAllison N Herman
Department of Public Health, Center for Obesity Research and Education, Temple University, 3223 North Broad Street, Suite 175, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:132. 2012..abstract:..
A national survey of obesity prevention practices in Head StartRobert C Whitaker
Department of Public Health, Temple University, Center for Obesity Research and Education, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:1144-50. 2009..To describe obesity prevention practices and environments in Head Start, the largest federally funded early childhood education program in the United States...- Change in food security status and change in weight are not associated in urban women with preschool childrenRobert C Whitaker
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, Princeton, NJ 08543 2393, USA
J Nutr 137:2134-9. 2007..7-3.0). In this population of urban women, changes in food security status over 2 y were not significantly associated with changes in weight. These findings do not support a causal association between food insecurity and obesity... - The co-occurrence of smoking and a major depressive episode among mothers 15 months after deliveryRobert C Whitaker
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, Princeton, NJ, USA
Prev Med 45:476-80. 2007..To examine the association between maternal smoking 15 months after delivery and the occurrence of a major depressive episode in the prior 12 months... - Obesity and food insecurity at the same table: how head start programs respondRachel A Gooze
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E132. 2012..The objective of this study was to describe Head Start practices related to assessing body mass index (BMI), addressing food insecurity, and determining portion sizes at meals... - Perceptions of low-income African-American mothers about excessive gestational weight gainSharon J Herring
Center for Obesity Research and Education, Temple University, 3223 N Broad Street, Suite 175, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
Matern Child Health J 16:1837-43. 2012..Messages that link guideline recommended weight gain to optimal infant outcomes and mothers' physical symptoms may be most effective for weight control... - Barriers to obesity prevention in Head StartCayce C Hughes
Department of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:454-62. 2010..Minimizing those barriers will require federal resources to increase staff training and technical assistance, develop staff wellness programs, and provide healthy meals and snacks... - Reaching staff, parents, and community partners to prevent childhood obesity in Head Start, 2008Rachel A Gooze
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 7:A54. 2010..Our objective was to describe obesity prevention activities in Head Start that are directed at staff, parents, and community partners... - Neighborhood safety, collective efficacy, and obesity in women with young childrenHillary L Burdette
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 3535 Market Street, Room 1578, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:518-25. 2006..To test the hypothesis that mothers of young children would have a higher prevalence of obesity if they lived in neighborhoods that they perceived as unsafe or as having a low level of collective efficacy... - The association between maltreatment and obesity among preschool childrenRobert C Whitaker
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, P O Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543 2393, USA
Child Abuse Negl 31:1187-99. 2007..To determine whether child maltreatment is associated with obesity in preschool children... - Food insecurity and the risks of depression and anxiety in mothers and behavior problems in their preschool-aged childrenRobert C Whitaker
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, Princeton, NJ 08543 2393, USA
Pediatrics 118:e859-68. 2006..We sought to determine if the prevalence of depression and anxiety in mothers and the prevalence of behavior problems in preschool-aged children are more common when mothers report being food insecure... - Maternal infant-feeding style and children's adiposity at 5 years of ageHillary L Burdette
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:513-20. 2006..To examine the relationship between maternal infant-feeding style and adiposity in childhood and to determine whether feeding style explains any of the association between maternal obesity and childhood adiposity... - Maternal mental health, substance use, and domestic violence in the year after delivery and subsequent behavior problems in children at age 3 yearsRobert C Whitaker
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, Princeton, NJ 08543 2393, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:551-60. 2006..Mental health disorders, substance use, and domestic violence often occur together. However, studies examining the impact of these conditions in mothers on the well-being of their children have focused only on isolated conditions... - How low-income mothers with overweight preschool children make sense of obesityCayce C Hughes
Center for Obesity Research and Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA
Qual Health Res 20:465-78. 2010..lived experience, and (c) relieving immediate stress vs. preventing long-term consequences. Acknowledging mothers' concerns and tensions might help clinicians communicate more effectively with them about obesity... - Obesity among US urban preschool children: relationships to race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic statusRobert C Whitaker
Mathematica Policy Research Inc, Princeton, NJ 08543, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:578-84. 2006..To determine whether there are racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of obesity among preschool children and to determine whether these differences are explained by socioeconomic factors... - Prolonged bottle use and obesity at 5.5 years of age in US childrenRachel A Gooze
Department of Public Health, Center for Obesity Research and Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
J Pediatr 159:431-6. 2011..To examine the association between prolonged bottle use and the risk of obesity at 5.5 years of age... - Commentary: Should I blame mom or dad? Identifying the relative contribution of each parent's body size to that of their offspringRobert C Whitaker
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, P O Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543 2393, USA
Int J Epidemiol 36:108-9. 2007 - Differences by race and ethnicity in the relationship between breastfeeding and obesity in preschool childrenHillary L Burdette
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ethn Dis 17:467-70. 2007..To test the hypothesis that the relationship between breastfeeding and later obesity would differ by race/ethnicity... - School food environments and policies in US public schoolsDaniel M Finkelstein
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, 955 Massachusetts Ave, Suite 801, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Pediatrics 122:e251-9. 2008..The purpose of this study was to describe school food environments and policies in US public schools and how they vary according to school characteristics... - Breastfeeding, introduction of complementary foods, and adiposity at 5 y of ageHillary L Burdette
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 83:550-8. 2006..Although dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is considered the most accurate measure of adiposity in children, it has rarely been used to examine the relation between infant feeding and adiposity during childhood... - Parental report of outdoor playtime as a measure of physical activity in preschool-aged childrenHillary L Burdette
Divisions of General and Community Pediatrics and Cardiology, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:353-7. 2004..Time spent playing outdoors is a potential surrogate measure of physical activity in preschoolers, but parental-report measures of outdoor playtime have not been evaluated... - Depressive symptoms in low-income mothers and emotional and social functioning in their preschool childrenHillary L Burdette
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Ambul Pediatr 3:288-94. 2003..To determine which factors modify the relationship between maternal depressive symptoms and emotional and social functioning in low-income preschool children... - The challenge of preventing and treating obesity in low-income, preschool children: perceptions of WIC health care professionalsLeigh A Chamberlin
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:662-8. 2002.... - Association of maternal obesity and depressive symptoms with television-viewing time in low-income preschool childrenHillary L Burdette
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, OH 45229 3039, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:894-9. 2003..Because mothers play an important role in determining how much TV their preschool children watch, a better understanding is needed of the maternal factors that influence children's TV viewing... - Predicting preschooler obesity at birth: the role of maternal obesity in early pregnancyRobert C Whitaker
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Pediatrics 114:e29-36. 2004..The objective of this study was to determine whether children whose mothers were obese in early pregnancy were more likely to be obese at 2 to 4 years of age... - A reexamination of smoking before, during, and after pregnancyRobert S Kahn
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
Am J Public Health 92:1801-8. 2002..This study examined the patterns and correlates of maternal smoking before, during, and after pregnancy... - The effect of breast-feeding with and without formula use on the risk of obesity at 4 years of ageDebra L Bogen
General Academic Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3705 Fifth Avenue, DeSoto G 205, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Obes Res 12:1527-35. 2004.... - Neighborhood playgrounds, fast food restaurants, and crime: relationships to overweight in low-income preschool childrenHillary L Burdette
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229 3039, USA
Prev Med 38:57-63. 2004..We hypothesized that children who lived farther from playgrounds, closer to fast food restaurants, and in unsafe neighborhoods were more likely to be overweight... - A prospective study of the role of depression in the development and persistence of adolescent obesityElizabeth Goodman
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Pediatrics 110:497-504. 2002..Studies have also suggested an association between depression in adolescence and higher body mass index (BMI) in adulthood. Whether depression leads to obesity or obesity causes depression is unclear... - Anemia screening in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children: time for change?Debra L Bogen
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:969-70. 2002 - Depression in mothers of children presenting for emergency and primary care: impact on mothers' perceptions of caring for their childrenJacqueline Grupp-Phelan
Divisions of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45213, USA
Ambul Pediatr 3:142-6. 2003..However, little is known about the prevalence of depression among mothers of children presenting for emergency health care and how maternal depression affects a mother's perception of how difficult it is to care for her children... - Obesity prevention in pediatric primary care: four behaviors to targetRobert C Whitaker
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:725-7. 2003 - Maternal feeding strategies, child eating behaviors, and child BMI in low-income African-American preschoolersScott W Powers
Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229 3039, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:2026-33. 2006..quot; In addition, to test whether higher maternal "pressure to eat" would be associated with lower child BMI... - Mental health and obesity in pediatric primary care: a gap between importance and actionRobert C Whitaker
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:826-8. 2004 - Combined effect of mothers' and fathers' mental health symptoms on children's behavioral and emotional well-beingRobert S Kahn
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229 3039, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:721-9. 2004..Few studies have examined the effects on children of maternal mental health symptoms other than depressive symptoms or have examined the joint effects of mothers' and fathers' mental health symptoms... - Mothers misunderstand questions on a feeding questionnaireAnjali Jain
Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, IL, USA
Appetite 42:249-54. 2004..Thus, qualitative interviewing could help to match the intention in asking a question with its interpretation by respondents. A mismatch may contribute to our low level of understanding about the causes of early obesity... - Altering the perceptions of WIC health professionals about childhood obesity using video with facilitated group discussionRobert C Whitaker
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 104:379-86. 2004.... - Understanding the complex journey to obesity in early adulthoodRobert C Whitaker
Ann Intern Med 136:923-5. 2002