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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Correlates of Resource Empowerment among Parents of Children with Overweight or Obesity.
Authors: Lim J, Davison KK, Jurkowski JM, Horan CM, Orav EJ, Kamdar N, Fiechtner LG, Taveras EM.
Child Obes
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Associations of Parent Health Behaviors and Parenting Practices with Sleep Duration in Overweight and Obese Children.
Authors: Rea CJ, Smith RL, Taveras EM.
J Clin Sleep Med
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The role of neighborhood characteristics and the built environment in understanding racial/ethnic disparities in childhood obesity.
Authors: Sharifi M, Sequist TD, Rifas-Shiman SL, Melly SJ, Duncan DT, Horan CM, Smith RL, Marshall R, Taveras EM.
Prev Med
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Racial/Ethnic and Socio-Contextual Correlates of Chronic Sleep Curtailment in Childhood.
Authors: Peña MM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Gillman MW, Redline S, Taveras EM.
Sleep
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Association of missing paternal demographics on infant birth certificates with perinatal risk factors for childhood obesity.
Authors: Cheng ER, Hawkins SS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Gillman MW, Taveras EM.
BMC Public Health
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Design and rationale of the STRIVE trial to improve cardiometabolic health among children and families.
Authors: Oreskovic NM, Fletcher R, Sharifi M, Knutsen JD, Chilingirian A, Taveras EM.
Contemp Clin Trials
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The Influence of Antenatal Partner Support on Pregnancy Outcomes.
Authors: Cheng ER, Rifas-Shiman SL, Perkins ME, Rich-Edwards JW, Gillman MW, Wright R, Taveras EM.
J Womens Health (Larchmt)
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Childhood Obesity Risk and Prevention: Shining a Lens on the First 1000 Days.
Authors: Taveras EM.
Child Obes
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Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity in the First 1,000 Days: A Systematic Review.
Authors: Woo Baidal JA, Locks LM, Cheng ER, Blake-Lamb TL, Perkins ME, Taveras EM.
Am J Prev Med
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Interventions for Childhood Obesity in the First 1,000 Days A Systematic Review.
Authors: Blake-Lamb TL, Locks LM, Perkins ME, Woo Baidal JA, Cheng ER, Taveras EM.
Am J Prev Med
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