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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Protecting progress against childhood obesity--the National School Lunch Program.
Authors: Woo Baidal JA, Taveras EM.
N Engl J Med
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Advanced sleep phase in adolescents born preterm.
Authors: Hibbs AM, Storfer-Isser A, Rosen C, Ievers-Landis CE, Taveras EM, Redline S.
Behav Sleep Med
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Preventing obesity in infants and toddlers in child care: results from a pilot randomized controlled trial.
Authors: Benjamin Neelon SE, Taveras EM, Ostbye T, Gillman MW.
Matern Child Health J
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Chronic sleep curtailment and adiposity.
Authors: Taveras EM, Gillman MW, Peña MM, Redline S, Rifas-Shiman SL.
Pediatrics
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Racial/ethnic and immigrant differences in early childhood diet quality.
Authors: de Hoog ML, Kleinman KP, Gillman MW, Vrijkotte TG, van Eijsden M, Taveras EM.
Public Health Nutr
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Participant characteristics and intervention processes associated with reductions in television viewing in the High Five for Kids study.
Authors: Cespedes EM, Horan CM, Gillman MW, Gortmaker SL, Price S, Rifas-Shiman SL, Mitchell K, Taveras EM.
Prev Med
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Television viewing, bedroom television, and sleep duration from infancy to mid-childhood.
Authors: Cespedes EM, Gillman MW, Kleinman K, Rifas-Shiman SL, Redline S, Taveras EM.
Pediatrics
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The Massachusetts school-based body mass index experiment: gleaning implementation lessons for future childhood obesity reduction efforts.
Authors: Stanford FC, Taveras EM.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
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Feasibility and impact of Creciendo Sanos, a clinic-based pilot intervention to prevent obesity among preschool children in Mexico City.
Authors: Martínez-Andrade GO, Cespedes EM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Romero-Quechol G, González-Unzaga MA, Benítez-Trejo MA, Flores-Huerta S, Horan C, Haines J, Taveras EM, Pérez-Cuevas R, Gillman MW.
BMC Pediatr
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Childhood sleep duration and quality in relation to leptin concentration in two cohort studies.
Authors: Boeke CE, Storfer-Isser A, Redline S, Taveras EM.
Sleep
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