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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Age of achievement of gross motor milestones in infancy and adiposity at age 3 years.
Authors: Benjamin Neelon SE, Oken E, Taveras EM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Gillman MW.
Matern Child Health J
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Similarity of the CDC and WHO weight-for-length growth charts in predicting risk of obesity at age 5 years.
Authors: Rifas-Shiman SL, Gillman MW, Oken E, Kleinman K, Taveras EM.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
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Decreasing prevalence of obesity among young children in Massachusetts from 2004 to 2008.
Authors: Wen X, Gillman MW, Rifas-Shiman SL, Sherry B, Kleinman K, Taveras EM.
Pediatrics
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Provider perspectives on electronic decision supports for obesity prevention.
Authors: Dryden EM, Hardin J, McDonald J, Taveras EM, Hacker K.
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
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Can the Internet be used to reach parents for family-based childhood obesity interventions?
Authors: Hohman KH, Price SN, Sonneville K, Rifas-Shiman SL, Gortmaker SL, Gillman MW, Taveras EM.
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
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Childhood body mass index trajectories: modeling, characterizing, pairwise correlations and socio-demographic predictors of trajectory characteristics.
Authors: Wen X, Kleinman K, Gillman MW, Rifas-Shiman SL, Taveras EM.
BMC Med Res Methodol
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Are you talking to ME? The importance of ethnicity and culture in childhood obesity prevention and management.
Authors: Peña MM, Dixon B, Taveras EM.
Child Obes
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Content analysis of motivational counseling calls targeting obesity-related behaviors among postpartum women.
Authors: Price SN, McDonald J, Oken E, Haines J, Gillman MW, Taveras EM.
Matern Child Health J
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Need for early interventions in the prevention of pediatric overweight: a review and upcoming directions.
Authors: Dattilo AM, Birch L, Krebs NF, Lake A, Taveras EM, Saavedra JM.
J Obes
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Lifecourse approach to racial/ethnic disparities in childhood obesity.
Authors: Dixon B, Peña MM, Taveras EM.
Adv Nutr
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