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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Timing of solid food introduction and risk of obesity in preschool-aged children.
Authors: Huh SY, Rifas-Shiman SL, Taveras EM, Oken E, Gillman MW.
Pediatrics
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Trends and racial/ethnic disparities in severe obesity among US children and adolescents, 1976-2006.
Authors: Claire Wang Y, Gortmaker SL, Taveras EM.
Int J Pediatr Obes
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Gestational glucose tolerance and cord blood leptin levels predict slower weight gain in early infancy.
Authors: Parker M, Rifas-Shiman SL, Belfort MB, Taveras EM, Oken E, Mantzoros C, Gillman MW.
J Pediatr
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Correlates of participation in a pediatric primary care-based obesity prevention intervention.
Authors: Taveras EM, Hohman KH, Price SN, Rifas-Shiman SL, Mitchell K, Gortmaker SL, Gillman MW.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
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Association of maternal short sleep duration with adiposity and cardiometabolic status at 3 years postpartum.
Authors: Taveras EM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Rich-Edwards JW, Gunderson EP, Stuebe AM, Mantzoros CS.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
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Associations of early life risk factors with infant sleep duration.
Authors: Nevarez MD, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman KP, Gillman MW, Taveras EM.
Acad Pediatr
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Body mass index measurement and obesity prevalence in ten U.S. health plans.
Authors: Arterburn DE, Alexander GL, Calvi J, Coleman LA, Gillman MW, Novotny R, Quinn VP, Rukstalis M, Stevens VJ, Taveras EM, Sherwood NE.
Clin Med Res
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Prospective association between milk intake and adiposity in preschool-aged children.
Authors: Huh SY, Rifas-Shiman SL, Rich-Edwards JW, Taveras EM, Gillman MW.
J Am Diet Assoc
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Racial/ethnic differences in early-life risk factors for childhood obesity.
Authors: Taveras EM, Gillman MW, Kleinman K, Rich-Edwards JW, Rifas-Shiman SL.
Pediatrics
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Economic and other barriers to adopting recommendations to prevent childhood obesity: results of a focus group study with parents.
Authors: Sonneville KR, La Pelle N, Taveras EM, Gillman MW, Prosser LA.
BMC Pediatr
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