Elsie Taveras

Elsie M. Taveras, M.D., M.P.H.

Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics
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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Protocol for Healthy Habits Happy Homes (4H) Scotland: feasibility of a participatory approach to adaptation and implementation of a study aimed at early prevention of obesity.
Authors: Gillespie J, Hughes A, Gibson AM, Haines J, Taveras E, Reilly JJ.
BMJ Open
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Use of Telehealth to Enhance Care in a Family-Centered Childhood Obesity Intervention.
Authors: Bala N, Price SN, Horan CM, Gerber MW, Taveras EM.
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
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Engaging Fathers in Early Obesity Prevention During the First 1,000 Days: Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Strategies.
Authors: Davison KK, Gavarkovs A, McBride B, Kotelchuck M, Levy R, Taveras EM.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
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Parent-Perceived Stress and Its Association With Children's Weight and Obesity-Related Behaviors.
Authors: Baskind MJ, Taveras EM, Gerber MW, Fiechtner L, Horan C, Sharifi M.
Prev Chronic Dis
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Communities for healthy living (CHL) - A family-centered childhood obesity prevention program integrated into Head Start services: Study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized trial.
Authors: Beckerman JP, Aftosmes-Tobio A, Kitos N, Jurkowski JM, Lansburg K, Kazik C, Gavarkovs A, Vigilante A, Kalyoncu B, Figueroa R, Klabunde R, Barouch R, Haneuse S, Taveras E, Davison KK.
Contemp Clin Trials
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Health Marketing for the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration Study: A Case Study.
Authors: Criss S, Blaine RE, Palamé M, Perkins M, Davison K, Kwass JA, Taveras EM.
Health Promot Pract
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Nutrition provider confidence in the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) study.
Authors: Cheng ER, Nelson CC, Leung-Strle P, Colchamiro R, Taveras EM, Woo Baidal JA.
Prev Med Rep
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Dietary behaviors throughout childhood are associated with adiposity and estimated insulin resistance in early adolescence: a longitudinal study.
Authors: Gingras V, Rifas-Shiman SL, Taveras EM, Oken E, Hivert MF.
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act
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Inclusion of Sleep Promotion in Family-Based Interventions To Prevent Childhood Obesity.
Authors: Agaronov A, Ash T, Sepulveda M, Taveras EM, Davison KK.
Child Obes
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Attitudes and Consumption During the First 1000 Days of Life.
Authors: Woo Baidal JA, Morel K, Nichols K, Elbel E, Charles N, Goldsmith J, Chen L, Taveras E.
Am J Public Health
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