Sonya J Jones

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Affiliation: University of South Carolina
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The modifying effects of Food Stamp Program participation on the relation between food insecurity and weight change in women
    Sonya J Jones
    Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29204, USA
    J Nutr 136:1091-4. 2006
  2. ncbi Food insecurity and subsequent weight gain in women
    Sonya J Jones
    Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, 2718 Middleburg Drive, 2nd Floor, Columbia, SC 29204, USA
    Public Health Nutr 10:145-51. 2007
  3. ncbi Children are aware of food insecurity and take responsibility for managing food resources
    Maryah Stella Fram
    College of Social Work, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
    J Nutr 141:1114-9. 2011
  4. ncbi Improving patrons' meal selections through the use of point-of-selection nutrition labels
    Yong H Chu
    Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
    Am J Public Health 99:2001-5. 2009
  5. ncbi Positive parenting practices associated with subsequent childhood weight change
    Rasmi Avula
    Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
    J Prim Prev 32:271-81. 2011
  6. ncbi Policies that restrict sweetened beverage availability may reduce consumption in elementary-school children
    Sonya J Jones
    Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC 29204, USA
    Public Health Nutr 13:589-95. 2010
  7. ncbi Restricting snacks in U.S. elementary schools is associated with higher frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption
    Wendy Gonzalez
    Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities and Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
    J Nutr 139:142-4. 2009
  8. ncbi Lower risk of overweight in school-aged food insecure girls who participate in food assistance: results from the panel study of income dynamics child development supplement
    Sonya J Jones
    Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:780-4. 2003
  9. ncbi Food insecurity affects school children's academic performance, weight gain, and social skills
    Diana F Jyoti
    Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6301, USA
    J Nutr 135:2831-9. 2005
  10. ncbi Food Stamp Program participation is associated with better academic learning among school children
    Edward A Frongillo
    Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 6301, USA
    J Nutr 136:1077-80. 2006

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Publications12

  1. ncbi The modifying effects of Food Stamp Program participation on the relation between food insecurity and weight change in women
    Sonya J Jones
    Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29204, USA
    J Nutr 136:1091-4. 2006
    ..Among persistently food-insecure women, full participation in the FSP offset the weight change. There were no significant associations between change in food insecurity status and weight change in these data...
  2. ncbi Food insecurity and subsequent weight gain in women
    Sonya J Jones
    Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, 2718 Middleburg Drive, 2nd Floor, Columbia, SC 29204, USA
    Public Health Nutr 10:145-51. 2007
    ..The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship of food insecurity with subsequent weight gain in women using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)...
  3. ncbi Children are aware of food insecurity and take responsibility for managing food resources
    Maryah Stella Fram
    College of Social Work, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
    J Nutr 141:1114-9. 2011
    ..The new, child-derived understanding of what children experience that results from this study provides a critical basis from which to build effective approaches to identify, assess, and respond to children suffering from food insecurity...
  4. ncbi Improving patrons' meal selections through the use of point-of-selection nutrition labels
    Yong H Chu
    Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
    Am J Public Health 99:2001-5. 2009
    ..We examined changes in meal selection by patrons of university food-service operations when nutrition labels were provided at the point of selection...
  5. ncbi Positive parenting practices associated with subsequent childhood weight change
    Rasmi Avula
    Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
    J Prim Prev 32:271-81. 2011
    ..Parenting practices facilitating cognitive stimulation, setting limits, and expressing warmth are associated with lower likelihood of being or becoming overweight and can be promoted by healthcare professionals...
  6. ncbi Policies that restrict sweetened beverage availability may reduce consumption in elementary-school children
    Sonya J Jones
    Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC 29204, USA
    Public Health Nutr 13:589-95. 2010
    ..We investigated whether having a policy regarding the availability of sweetened beverages in school was associated with children's purchase and total weekly and daily consumption of sweetened beverages...
  7. ncbi Restricting snacks in U.S. elementary schools is associated with higher frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption
    Wendy Gonzalez
    Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities and Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
    J Nutr 139:142-4. 2009
    ..Our findings suggest that a restrictive snack policy should be part of a multi-faceted approach to improve children's diet quality...
  8. ncbi Lower risk of overweight in school-aged food insecure girls who participate in food assistance: results from the panel study of income dynamics child development supplement
    Sonya J Jones
    Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:780-4. 2003
    ..We hypothesized that the inconsistency in these results may be attributed to a differential effect of participation in food assistance programs in food secure and food insecure households...
  9. ncbi Food insecurity affects school children's academic performance, weight gain, and social skills
    Diana F Jyoti
    Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6301, USA
    J Nutr 135:2831-9. 2005
    ..This study provides the strongest empirical evidence to date that food insecurity is linked to specific developmental consequences for children, and that these consequences may be both nutritional and nonnutritional...
  10. ncbi Food Stamp Program participation is associated with better academic learning among school children
    Edward A Frongillo
    Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 6301, USA
    J Nutr 136:1077-80. 2006
    ..The mechanisms for this relationship are not well understood and may be through both dietary intake and stress...
  11. ncbi Response to the 2003, vol. 23 no. 3s1 poem entitled "ain' like there's hunger". Move insecurity
    Lisa A Jahns
    Am J Prev Med 26:186. 2004
  12. ncbi Biscuits, sausage, gravy, milk, and orange juice: school breakfast environment in 4 rural Appalachian schools
    Andrea Graves
    Norton Healthcare Diabetes Center, Medical Towers South, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
    J Sch Health 78:197-202. 2008
    ..The purpose of this study was to assess the school breakfast environment in rural Appalachian schools to inform school environment intervention and policy change...