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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Infant feeding and childhood cognition at ages 3 and 7 years: Effects of breastfeeding duration and exclusivity.
Authors: Belfort MB, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman KP, Guthrie LB, Bellinger DC, Taveras EM, Gillman MW, Oken E.
JAMA Pediatr
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Associations of parental control of feeding with eating in the absence of hunger and food sneaking, hiding, and hoarding.
Authors: Sonneville KR, Rifas-Shiman SL, Haines J, Gortmaker S, Mitchell KF, Gillman MW, Taveras EM.
Child Obes
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Factors affecting subspecialty referrals by pediatric primary care providers for children with obesity-related comorbidities.
Authors: Walsh CO, Milliren CE, Feldman HA, Taveras EM.
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
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Reducing racial/ethnic disparities in childhood obesity: the role of early life risk factors.
Authors: Taveras EM, Gillman MW, Kleinman KP, Rich-Edwards JW, Rifas-Shiman SL.
JAMA Pediatr
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Correlations among adiposity measures in school-aged children.
Authors: Boeke CE, Oken E, Kleinman KP, Rifas-Shiman SL, Taveras EM, Gillman MW.
BMC Pediatr
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Parental perceptions of a motivational interviewing-based pediatric obesity prevention intervention.
Authors: Woo Baidal JA, Price SN, Gonzalez-Suarez E, Gillman MW, Mitchell K, Rifas-Shiman SL, Horan CM, Gortmaker SL, Taveras EM.
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
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The 2011-2016 Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC) initiative: rationale and design.
Authors: Patterson RE, Colditz GA, Hu FB, Schmitz KH, Ahima RS, Brownson RC, Carson KR, Chavarro JE, Chodosh LA, Gehlert S, Gill J, Glanz K, Haire-Joshu D, Herbst KL, Hoehner CM, Hovmand PS, Irwin ML, Jacobs LA, James AS, Jones LW, Kerr J, Kibel AS, King IB, Ligibel JA, Meyerhardt JA, Natarajan L, Neuhouser ML, Olefsky JM, Proctor EK, Redline S, Rock CL, Rosner B, Sarwer DB, Schwartz JS, Sears DD, Sesso HD, Stampfer MJ, Subramanian SV, Taveras EM, Tchou J, Thompson B, Troxel AB, Wessling-Resnick M, Wolin KY, Thornquist MD.
Cancer Causes Control
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Patient-centered approaches to childhood obesity care.
Authors: Cheng JK, Cox JE, Taveras EM.
Child Obes
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Evaluating the impact of point- of-care decision support tools in improving diagnosis of obese children in primary care.
Authors: Ayash CR, Simon SR, Marshall R, Kasper J, Chomitz V, Hacker K, Kleinman KP, Taveras EM.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
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Proximity to supermarkets associated with higher body mass index among overweight and obese preschool-age children.
Authors: Fiechtner L, Block J, Duncan DT, Gillman MW, Gortmaker SL, Melly SJ, Rifas-Shiman SL, Taveras EM.
Prev Med
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