Elsie Taveras

Elsie M. Taveras, M.D.

Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Professor of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
617-726-8555
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Harvard Titles

Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Population Medicine
Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Administrative and Hospital Titles

Co-Director, Obesity Prevention Program, Department of Population Medicine

Address

Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
8th Floor
125 Nashua Street  
Boston MA 02114

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Cohort profile: project viva.
Authors: Oken E, Baccarelli AA, Gold DR, Kleinman KP, Litonjua AA, De Meo D, Rich-Edwards JW, Rifas-Shiman SL, Sagiv S, Taveras EM, Weiss ST, Belfort MB, Burris HH, Camargo CA, Huh SY, Mantzoros C, Parker MG, Gillman MW.
Int J Epidemiol
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Design of the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) study.
Authors: Taveras EM, Blaine RE, Davison KK, Gortmaker S, Anand S, Falbe J, Kwass JA, Perkins M, Giles C, Criss S, Colchamiro R, Woo Baidal J, Land T, Smith L.
Child Obes
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Juice and water intake in infancy and later beverage intake and adiposity: could juice be a gateway drink?
Authors: Sonneville KR, Long MW, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman K, Gillman MW, Taveras EM.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
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Reducing Hispanic children's obesity risk factors in the first 1000 days of life: a qualitative analysis.
Authors: Woo Baidal JA, Criss S, Goldman RE, Perkins M, Cunningham C, Taveras EM.
J Obes
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Development and Implementation of an Interactive Text Messaging Campaign to Support Behavior Change in a Childhood Obesity Randomized Controlled Trial.
Authors: Price S, Ferisin S, Sharifi M, Steinberg D, Bennett G, Wolin KY, Horan C, Koziol R, Marshall R, Taveras EM.
J Health Commun
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Clinic-community linkages for high-value care.
Authors: Sequist TD, Taveras EM.
N Engl J Med
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Characteristics of walkable built environments and BMI z-scores in children: evidence from a large electronic health record database.
Authors: Duncan DT, Sharifi M, Melly SJ, Marshall R, Sequist TD, Rifas-Shiman SL, Taveras EM.
Environ Health Perspect
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Longitudinal associations of sleep curtailment with metabolic risk in mid-childhood.
Authors: Cespedes EM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Redline S, Gillman MW, Peña MM, Taveras EM.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
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Exploring innovative approaches and patient-centered outcomes from positive outliers in childhood obesity.
Authors: Sharifi M, Marshall G, Goldman R, Rifas-Shiman SL, Horan CM, Koziol R, Marshall R, Sequist TD, Taveras EM.
Acad Pediatr
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Parents' obesity-related behavior and confidence to support behavioral change in their obese child: data from the STAR study.
Authors: Arsenault LN, Xu K, Taveras EM, Hacker KA.
Acad Pediatr
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