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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Overweight prevention in pediatric primary care: a needs assessment of an urban racial/ethnic minority population.
Authors: Asante PA, Cox J, Sonneville K, Samuels RC, Taveras EM.
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
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Televisions in the bedrooms of racial/ethnic minority children: how did they get there and how do we get them out?
Authors: Taveras EM, Hohman KH, Price S, Gortmaker SL, Sonneville K.
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
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Early child care and adiposity at ages 1 and 3 years.
Authors: Benjamin SE, Rifas-Shiman SL, Taveras EM, Haines J, Finkelstein J, Kleinman K, Gillman MW.
Pediatrics
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State and regional variation in regulations related to feeding infants in child care.
Authors: Benjamin SE, Taveras EM, Cradock AL, Walker EM, Slining MM, Gillman MW.
Pediatrics
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Parental confidence in making overweight-related behavior changes.
Authors: Taveras EM, Mitchell K, Gortmaker SL.
Pediatrics
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Weight status in the first 6 months of life and obesity at 3 years of age.
Authors: Taveras EM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Belfort MB, Kleinman KP, Oken E, Gillman MW.
Pediatrics
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Television viewing in infancy and child cognition at 3 years of age in a US cohort.
Authors: Schmidt ME, Rich M, Rifas-Shiman SL, Oken E, Taveras EM.
Pediatrics
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Intrauterine exposure to gestational diabetes, child adiposity, and blood pressure.
Authors: Wright CS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Rich-Edwards JW, Taveras EM, Gillman MW, Oken E.
Am J Hypertens
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INSIG2 is Associated with Lower Gain in Weight-for-Length Between Birth and Age 6 Months.
Authors: Wu AC, Gillman MW, Taveras EM, Litonjua AA.
Clin Med Pediatr
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Parental perceptions of overweight counseling in primary care: the roles of race/ethnicity and parent overweight.
Authors: Taveras EM, Gortmaker SL, Mitchell KF, Gillman MW.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
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