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| Melissa C NelsonSummaryAffiliation: University of Minnesota Country: USA Publications
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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...
Credit card debt, stress and key health risk behaviors among college studentsMelissa C Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, WBOB Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Am J Health Promot 22:400-7. 2008..To examine cross-sectional associations between credit card debt, stress, and health risk behaviors among college students, focusing particularly on weight-related behaviors...
Interventions for weight gain prevention during the transition to young adulthood: a review of the literatureMelissa N Laska
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
J Adolesc Health 50:324-33. 2012..To review studies examining weight gain prevention interventions among young adults...- 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... - Alcohol use, eating patterns, and weight behaviors in a university populationMelissa C Nelson
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Am J Health Behav 33:227-37. 2009..To explore associations between alcohol, alcohol-related eating, and weight-related health indicators... - Five-year longitudinal and secular shifts in adolescent beverage intake: findings from project EAT (Eating Among Teens)-IIMelissa C Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 109:308-12. 2009.... - Longitudinal and secular trends in physical activity and sedentary behavior during adolescenceMelissa C Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd St, WBOB Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Pediatrics 118:e1627-34. 2006..The objective of this research was to investigate longitudinal and secular trends in physical activity and sedentary behavior in a large, diverse cohort of adolescents... - Disparities in dietary intake, meal patterning, and home food environments among young adult nonstudents and 2- and 4-year college studentsMelissa C Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Am J Public Health 99:1216-9. 2009..05). Nutrition interventions are needed for young adults, particularly specific at-risk groups... - Fast food intake among adolescents: secular and longitudinal trends from 1999 to 2004Katherine W Bauer
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, West Bank Office Building, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Prev Med 48:284-7. 2009..To examine secular and longitudinal changes (1999-2004) in fast food intake among adolescents... - Making time for meals: meal structure and associations with dietary intake in young adultsNicole I Larson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 109:72-9. 2009..Prior studies have found that family meals and other aspects of meal structure are associated with dietary intake during adolescence, but little research has characterized meals in young adulthood... - Improving literacy about energy-related issues: the need for a better understanding of the concepts behind energy intake and expenditure among adolescents and their parentsMelissa C Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 109:281-7. 2009..The examination of interactive effects between individual-level and environmental influences on health behavior is an important area for future obesity-related research... - Emerging adulthood and college-aged youth: an overlooked age for weight-related behavior changeMelissa C Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:2205-11. 2008 - Adoption of risk-related factors through early adolescence: associations with weight status and implications for causal mechanismsKeryn E Pasch
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
J Adolesc Health 43:387-93. 2008..To examine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between weight status and measures of risk and protective factors in youth... - 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... - Socio-environmental, personal and behavioural predictors of fast-food intake among adolescentsKatherine W Bauer
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, West Bank Office Building, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Public Health Nutr 12:1767-74. 2009..To identify the socio-environmental, personal and behavioural factors that are longitudinally predictive of changes in adolescents' fast-food intake... - Understanding the perceived determinants of weight-related behaviors in late adolescence: a qualitative analysis among college youthMelissa C Nelson
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55454 1015, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 41:287-92. 2009..Identify key factors underlying college weight gain, nutrition, and physical activity... - Alcohol outlets and youth alcohol use: exposure in suburban areasKeryn E Pasch
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Health Place 15:642-6. 2009..However, the lack of association may also reflect the lower level of alcohol outlets present in low-density residential environments as well as differences in accessibility... - Neighborhood environments: disparities in access to healthy foods in the U.SNicole I Larson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:74-81. 2009..S. This article reviews research relating to the presence, nature, and implications of neighborhood differences in access to food... - 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.... - Food environments in university dorms: 20,000 calories per dorm room and countingMelissa C Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 1015, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:523-6. 2009..The objective of this research was to conduct a detailed, observational assessment of food and beverages available in college-student dormitory rooms... - Development and evaluation of a brief screener to estimate fast-food and beverage consumption among adolescentsMelissa C Nelson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd St, WBOB Ste 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 109:730-4. 2009..Overall while these screener items largely represent reliable measures with fair validity, our findings highlight the challenges inherent in the validation of brief dietary assessment tools... - Does television viewing predict dietary intake five years later in high school students and young adults?Daheia J Barr-Anderson
School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, 207 Cooke Hall, 1900 University Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:7. 2009..abstract:.. - 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... - Validity and reliability of a home environment inventory for physical activity and media equipmentJohn R Sirard
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:24. 2008.... - Parental influences on adolescents' physical activity and sedentary behavior: longitudinal findings from Project EAT-IIKatherine W Bauer
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:12. 2008..This paper aims to longitudinally examine how parental encouragement to be physically active and parental concern about staying fit are associated with adolescents' physical activity and sedentary behavior habits five years later... - The validation of a home food inventoryJayne A Fulkerson
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:55. 2008.... - 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... - Environmental influences on diet and physical activity in childhood: opportunities for interventionMelissa C Nelson
South Med J 98:1161-2. 2005 - 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... - 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... - 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... - The prominent influence of race on weight-related health among children and adolescentsMelissa C Nelson
J Adolesc Health 41:523-4. 2007 - Vitamin B6 status of children with sickle cell diseaseMelissa C Nelson
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 4399, USA
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 24:463-9. 2002..The purpose of this study was to assess vitamin B(6) status of children with SCD-SS ages 3 to 20 years and determine its relationship to growth, dietary intake, and disease severity...