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| Penny Gordon-LarsenSummaryAffiliation: University of North Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Built and socioeconomic environments: patterning and associations with physical activity in U.S. adolescentsJanne Boone-Heinonen
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:45. 2010..abstract:..- Residential self-selection bias in the estimation of built environment effects on physical activity between adolescence and young adulthoodJanne Boone-Heinonen
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Population Center, 123 West Franklin St, Campus Box 8120, Chapel Hill, 27516 3997, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:70. 2010..abstract:.. 
Barriers to physical activity: qualitative data on caregiver-daughter perceptions and practicesPenny Gordon-Larsen
Department of Nutrition, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:218-23. 2004..Few studies include data on caregiver and daughter dyads. Formative data were used to develop intervention strategies and pathways for the Girls Rule! obesity prevention intervention, in under-studied high-risk pre-adolescents...- Longitudinal trends in obesity in the United States from adolescence to the third decade of lifePenny Gordon-Larsen
Department of Nutrition, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 2524, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1801-4. 2010..This trend is likely to continue owing to high rates of pediatric obesity. Effective preventive and treatment efforts are critically needed... - Fast food restaurants and food stores: longitudinal associations with diet in young to middle-aged adults: the CARDIA studyJanne Boone-Heinonen
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Arch Intern Med 171:1162-70. 2011.... - Acculturation and overweight-related behaviors among Hispanic immigrants to the US: the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent HealthPenny Gordon-Larsen
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 123 West Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Soc Sci Med 57:2023-34. 2003..These lifestyle differences between foreign- and US-born Hispanic adolescent immigrants are likely to underlie the striking increase in overweight prevalence between first and subsequent generation of US residence... - Ethnic differences in physical activity and inactivity patterns and overweight statusPenny Gordon-Larsen
Carolina Population Center, Universityof North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27516 3997, USA
Obes Res 10:141-9. 2002..To examine the relationship between physical activity and inactivity patterns and overweight in U.S. adolescents using baseline and 1-year change in activity and inactivity data... - Longitudinal, cross-cohort comparison of physical activity patterns in Chinese mothers and childrenTracy Dearth-Wesley
Department of Nutrition and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:39. 2012..The purpose of our study was to examine trends and associations in PA behaviors in Chinese mother-child pairs and to investigate relationships between PA behaviors and socioeconomic variables in this dyad... - Maternal obesity is associated with younger age at obesity onset in U.S. adolescent offspring followed into adulthoodPenny Gordon-Larsen
Carolina Population Center and Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2790-6. 2007..The objective was to test the hypothesis that maternal obesity is associated with younger age of offspring's obesity onset... - Regular consumption from fast food establishments relative to other restaurants is differentially associated with metabolic outcomes in young adultsKiyah J Duffey
Department of Nutrition, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, and 4Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27510, USA
J Nutr 139:2113-8. 2009..15 kg (CI, 0.06, 0.24), respectively] and waist circumference [0.08 cm (CI, 0.02, 0.14) and 0.12 cm (CI, 0.04, 0.20), respectively]. Fast food consumption may be an important target for the prevention of adverse metabolic health outcomes... - A walk (or cycle) to the park: active transit to neighborhood amenities, the CARDIA studyJanne Boone-Heinonen
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Am J Prev Med 37:285-92. 2009..Building on known associations between active commuting and reduced cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, this study examines active transit to neighborhood amenities and differences between walking and cycling for transportation... - Are the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Associated With reduced risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiometabolic risk factors? Twenty-year findings from the CARDIA studyDAISY ZAMORA
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Diabetes Care 34:1183-5. 2011..To examine the prospective association between accordance with the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) and subsequent diabetes incidence and changes in cardiometabolic risk factors... - The relationship of ethnicity, socioeconomic factors, and overweight in US adolescentsPenny Gordon-Larsen
University of North Carolina, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Obes Res 11:121-9. 2003..To examine the extent to which race/ethnic differences in income and education account for sex-specific disparities in overweight prevalence in white, African American, Hispanic, and Asian U.S. teens... - Fifteen-year longitudinal trends in walking patterns and their impact on weight changePenny Gordon-Larsen
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 89:19-26. 2009..Although walking is the most popular leisure-time activity for adults, few long-term, longitudinal studies have examined the association between walking, an affordable and accessible form of physical activity, and weight gain... - Longitudinal physical activity and sedentary behavior trends: adolescence to adulthoodPenny Gordon-Larsen
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:277-83. 2004..There is little national research on longitudinal patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior in ethnically diverse teens as they transition to adulthood... - Neighborhood socioeconomic status predictors of physical activity through young to middle adulthood: the CARDIA studyJanne Boone-Heinonen
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Soc Sci Med 72:641-9. 2011.... - The female-male disparity in obesity prevalence among black American young adults: contributions of sociodemographic characteristics of the childhood familyWhitney R Robinson
Department of Epidemiology and the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 89:1204-12. 2009..In the United States, black women are at much greater risk of obesity than are black men. Little is known about the factors underlying this disparity... - Obesogenic environments in youth: concepts and methods from a longitudinal national sampleJanne Boone-Heinonen
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Am J Prev Med 42:e37-46. 2012..Further longitudinal research is needed to identify, refine, and evaluate national and local policies to most effectively reduce childhood obesity... - Adolescent physical activity and sedentary behavior: patterning and long-term maintenanceMelissa C Nelson
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Am J Prev Med 28:259-66. 2005..Little is known about physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior patterning or its impact on long-term PA sustainability, particularly during the critical transition from adolescence to adulthood... - Drinking caloric beverages increases the risk of adverse cardiometabolic outcomes in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) StudyKiyah J Duffey
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 92:954-9. 2010..Intake of caloric beverages is hypothesized to contribute to adverse health outcomes, but the beverages and populations studied vary considerably... - Diet quality and weight gain among black and white young adults: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study (1985-2005)DAISY ZAMORA
Carolina Population Center and Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 92:784-93. 2010..Little is known about the long-term health consequences of following the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA; Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 2005)... - Intergenerational profiles of socioeconomic (dis)advantage and obesity during the transition to adulthoodMelissa Scharoun-Lee
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Demography 48:625-51. 2011..This intergenerational typology of early SES exposure facilitates understanding of SES and health during young adulthood... - Food price and diet and health outcomes: 20 years of the CARDIA StudyKiyah J Duffey
Department of Nutrition, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27516 3997, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:420-6. 2010..Despite surging interest in taxation as a policy to address poor food choice, US research directly examining the association of food prices with individual intake is scarce... - Longitudinal trends in gasoline price and physical activity: the CARDIA studyNingqi Hou
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
Prev Med 52:365-9. 2011..To investigate longitudinal associations between community-level gasoline price and physical activity (PA)... - Association of adolescent obesity with risk of severe obesity in adulthoodNatalie S The
Departments of Nutrition, Carolina Population Center, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
JAMA 304:2042-7. 2010.... - What neighborhood area captures built environment features related to adolescent physical activity?Janne Boone-Heinonen
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Health Place 16:1280-6. 2010..Policy recommendations and corresponding research should address potential differences in relevant neighborhood areas across environment feature and population subgroup... - Sex and race differences in the prevalence of fatty liver disease as measured by computed tomography liver attenuation in European American and African American participants of the NHLBI family heart studyKari E North
Department of Epidemiology, Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 137 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 8050, USA
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 24:9-16. 2012.... - A study of the birth weight-obesity relation using a longitudinal cohort and sibling and twin pairsNatalie S The
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 3997, USA
Am J Epidemiol 172:549-57. 2010..Further research is needed to identify specific factors that contribute to the birth weight-obesity relation... - Where can they play? Outdoor spaces and physical activity among adolescents in U.S. urbanized areasJanne Boone-Heinonen
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Prev Med 51:295-8. 2010..To estimate behavior-specific effects of several objectively measured outdoor spaces on different types of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in a large, diverse sample of U.S. adolescents... - Neighborhood fast food restaurants and fast food consumption: a national studyAndrea S Richardson
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
BMC Public Health 11:543. 2011..Our aim was to estimate the effect of neighborhood fast food availability on frequency of fast food consumption in a national sample of young adults, a population at high risk for obesity... - Obesogenic clusters: multidimensional adolescent obesity-related behaviors in the U.SJanne Boone-Heinonen
Department of Nutrition, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Ann Behav Med 36:217-30. 2008..Diet, physical activity, and psychosocial factors are independent and potentially interactive obesity determinants, but few studies have explored complex behavior patterns... - Associations among active transportation, physical activity, and weight status in young adultsPenny Gordon-Larsen
University of North Carolina, Carolina Population Center, University Square, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 3997, USA
Obes Res 13:868-75. 2005..To describe prevalence of active, public, and car transit by overweight status and amount of leisure-time physical activity in a nationally representative cohort of ethnically diverse young adults... - Active commuting and cardiovascular disease risk: the CARDIA studyPenny Gordon-Larsen
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:1216-23. 2009..There is little research on the association of lifestyle exercise, such as active commuting (walking or biking to work), with obesity, fitness, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors... - "Does skinny mean healthy?" Perceived ideal, current, and healthy body sizes among African-American girls and their female caregiversMira L Katz
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Ethn Dis 14:533-41. 2004.... - Life stage and sex specificity in relationships between the built and socioeconomic environments and physical activityJanne Boone-Heinonen
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 65:847-52. 2011..Subgroup-specific effects could help explain inconsistent findings, yet few studies have compared built environment associations by key characteristics such as sex or life stage... - Cross-national comparisons of time trends in overweight inequality by socioeconomic status among women using repeated cross-sectional surveys from 37 developing countries, 1989-2007Jessica C Jones-Smith
Department of Nutrition and Carolina Population Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 3997, USA
Am J Epidemiol 173:667-75. 2011..Among countries with a higher gross domestic product, lower income inequality was associated with faster overweight growth among the poor... - Inequality in the built environment underlies key health disparities in physical activity and obesityPenny Gordon-Larsen
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Pediatrics 117:417-24. 2006.... 
Birthplace is associated with more adverse dietary profiles for US-born than for foreign-born Latino adultsKiyah J Duffey
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
J Nutr 138:2428-35. 2008..Targeted dietary interventions are needed to reduce health disparities associated with dietary intake...- Genetic epidemiology of BMI and body mass change from adolescence to young adulthoodKari E North
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1474-6. 2010..61 +/- 0.03) and young adulthood (rho(G) = 0.23 +/- 0.06). Our findings support a complex etiology of BMI and BMI change... - Five-year obesity incidence in the transition period between adolescence and adulthood: the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent HealthPenny Gordon-Larsen
Carolina Population Center, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Am J Clin Nutr 80:569-75. 2004..This upward trend is likely to continue. Effective preventive and treatment efforts are critically needed... - Are adolescents who were breast-fed less likely to be overweight? Analyses of sibling pairs to reduce confoundingMelissa C Nelson
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Epidemiology 16:247-53. 2005..Cohort analyses suggesting that breast-feeding protects against being overweight have been criticized for inadequately controlling for confounding associated with the self-selection of feeding practices... - Entry into romantic partnership is associated with obesityNatalie S The
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:1441-7. 2009..The shared household environment may increase the likelihood of becoming obese, influence partner concordance, and may be an important target for obesity intervention... - Environmental influences on food choice, physical activity and energy balanceBarry M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27516 3997, United States
Physiol Behav 86:603-13. 2005..Further, the research shows a significant association of such facilities with individual-level health behavior. The inequity in environmental supports for physical activity may underlie health disparities in the US population... - Perception of overweight and self-esteem during adolescenceEliana M Perrin
Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7225, USA
Int J Eat Disord 43:447-54. 2010..To examine sex- and race/ethnicity-specific relationships between adolescents' self-esteem and weight perception... - Less traditional diets in Chinese mothers and children are similarly linked to socioeconomic and cohort factors but vary with increasing child ageTracy Dearth-Wesley
Department of Nutrition and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Nutr 141:1705-11. 2011..05). Our findings provide insight into dietary changes in mothers and children within the context of a rapidly changing nutrition and socioeconomic environment... - Differential associations of fast food and restaurant food consumption with 3-y change in body mass index: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults StudyKiyah J Duffey
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:201-8. 2007..Away-from-home food consumption has rapidly increased, though little is known about the independent associations of restaurant food and fast food intake with body mass index (BMI) and BMI change... - An economic analysis of community-level fast food prices and individual-level fast food intake: a longitudinal studyPenny Gordon-Larsen
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Health Place 17:1235-41. 2011..While dietary intake is shaped by cost, there is minimal research on the association between community-level food prices and dietary intake... - Obesity, race/ethnicity and the multiple dimensions of socioeconomic status during the transition to adulthood: a factor analysis approachMelissa Scharoun-Lee
Department of Nutrition, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 123 W Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
Soc Sci Med 68:708-16. 2009.... - Are neighbourhood food resources distributed inequitably by income and race in the USA? Epidemiological findings across the urban spectrumAndrea S Richardson
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
BMJ Open 2:e000698. 2012..Using a national sample, the authors examined differences in neighbourhood food resource availability according to neighbourhood-level poverty and racial/ethnic population in non-urban, low-density urban and high-density urban areas... - Longitudinal trends in race/ethnic disparities in leading health indicators from adolescence to young adulthoodKathleen Mullan Harris
Carolina Population Center, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University Square, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:74-81. 2006..Relative rankings on a diverse range of health indicators (and patterns of change over time) vary by sex and race/ethnicity, causing disparities to fluctuate over time... - China's transition: the effect of rapid urbanization on adult occupational physical activityKeri L Monda
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University Square, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Soc Sci Med 64:858-70. 2007.... - Validation of a GIS facilities database: quantification and implications of errorJanne E Boone
Department of Nutrition, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Ann Epidemiol 18:371-7. 2008..To validate a commercial database of community-level physical activity facilities that can be used in future research examining associations between access to physical activity facilities and individual-level physical activity and obesity... - The association between diet and height in the postinfancy period changes with age and socioeconomic status in Filipino youthsCara L Eckhardt
Food Consumption and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA
J Nutr 135:2192-8. 2005..15). The methods used incorporate the longitudinal nature of the data to offer a unique examination of the association between diet and height in the postinfancy period... - Association of neighborhood socioeconomic status with physical fitness in healthy young adults: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) studyMehdi H Shishehbor
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
Am Heart J 155:699-705. 2008..The aim of the study was to examine the extent to which neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with impaired fitness, independent of clinical characteristics and individual-level SES... - Race and gender differences in the association of dieting and gains in BMI among young adultsAlison E Field
Division of Adolescent Young Adult Medicine, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:456-64. 2007..To assess the relationship between dieting and subsequent weight change and whether the association varies by gender or race/ethnicity... - Physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns are associated with selected adolescent health risk behaviorsMelissa C Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 1015, USA
Pediatrics 117:1281-90. 2006..The objective of this study was to examine relationships between PA and sedentary behavior patterns and an array of risk behaviors, including leading causes of adolescent morbidity/mortality... - Body mass index gain, fast food, and physical activity: effects of shared environments over timeMelissa C Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:701-9. 2006..Household and physical environments play an important role in establishing long-term behavior patterns... - Built and social environments associations with adolescent overweight and activityMelissa C Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 1015, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:109-17. 2006..Little is known about the patterning of neighborhood characteristics, beyond the basic urban, rural, suburban trichotomy, and its impact on physical activity (PA) and overweight... - Growth patterns of Filipino children indicate potential compensatory growthCara L Eckhardt
International Food Policy Research Institute Washington, DC 20006, USA
Ann Hum Biol 32:3-14. 2005..The extent to which compensatory growth can occur after 2 years of age among children who were stunted in infancy has been questioned due, in part, to limitations in the data used to explore the issue... - Self-reported health, perceived racial discrimination, and skin color in African Americans in the CARDIA studyLuisa N Borrell
Columbia University New York, NY, USA
Soc Sci Med 63:1415-27. 2006..Further studies of the health consequences of discrimination will require investigation of both the upstream determinants of discrimination and the downstream mechanisms by which perceived discrimination affects health outcomes...
Research Grants
- Obesity and the Environment: The Transition to AdulthoodPenny Gordon Larsen; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Gene-Environment Interactions and Weight GainPenny Gordon Larsen; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Gene-Environment Interactions and Weight GainPenny Gordon Larsen; Fiscal Year: 2010....