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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Longitudinal changes in BMI z-scores among 45 414 2-4-year olds with severe obesity.
Authors: Freedman DS, Butte NF, Taveras EM, Goodman AB, Blanck HM.
Ann Hum Biol
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Association of a history of childhood-onset obesity and dieting with eating disorders.
Authors: Cena H, Stanford FC, Ochner L, Fonte ML, Biino G, De Giuseppe R, Taveras E, Misra M.
Eat Disord
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Current child, but not maternal, snoring is bi-directionally related to adiposity and cardiometabolic risk markers: A cross-sectional and a prospective cohort analysis.
Authors: Farr OM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Oken E, Taveras EM, Mantzoros CS.
Metabolism
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A School-Based Brand Marketing Program's Adherence to Federal Nutrition Criteria.
Authors: Moran AJ, Rimm EB, Taveras EM.
Am J Prev Med
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Association of Maternal Gestational Weight Gain With the Infant Fecal Microbiota.
Authors: Robinson A, Fiechtner L, Roche B, Ajami NJ, Petrosino JF, Camargo CA, Taveras EM, Hasegawa K.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
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Cost-Effectiveness of a Clinical Childhood Obesity Intervention.
Authors: Sharifi M, Franz C, Horan CM, Giles CM, Long MW, Ward ZJ, Resch SC, Marshall R, Gortmaker SL, Taveras EM.
Pediatrics
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Prenatal particulate air pollution exposure and body composition in urban preschool children: Examining sensitive windows and sex-specific associations.
Authors: Chiu YM, Hsu HL, Wilson A, Coull BA, Pendo MP, Baccarelli A, Kloog I, Schwartz J, Wright RO, Taveras EM, Wright RJ.
Environ Res
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Associations of short sleep duration with childhood obesity and weight gain: summary of a presentation to the National Academy of Science's Roundtable on Obesity Solutions.
Authors: Ash T, Taveras EM.
Sleep Health
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The Limitations of Transforming Very High Body Mass Indexes into z-Scores among 8.7 Million 2- to 4-Year-Old Children.
Authors: Freedman DS, Butte NF, Taveras EM, Goodman AB, Ogden CL, Blanck HM.
J Pediatr
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Comparative Effectiveness of Clinical-Community Childhood Obesity Interventions: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Authors: Taveras EM, Marshall R, Sharifi M, Avalon E, Fiechtner L, Horan C, Gerber MW, Orav EJ, Price SN, Sequist T, Slater D.
JAMA Pediatr
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