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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The Linked CENTURY Study: linking three decades of clinical and public health data to examine disparities in childhood obesity.
Authors: Hawkins SS, Gillman MW, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman KP, Mariotti M, Taveras EM.
BMC Pediatr
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Effects of Proximity to Supermarkets on a Randomized Trial Studying Interventions for Obesity.
Authors: Fiechtner L, Kleinman K, Melly SJ, Sharifi M, Marshall R, Block J, Cheng ER, Taveras EM.
Am J Public Health
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Infant Breastfeeding Duration and Mid-Childhood Executive Function, Behavior, and Social-Emotional Development.
Authors: Belfort MB, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman KP, Bellinger DC, Harris MH, Taveras EM, Gillman MW, Oken E.
J Dev Behav Pediatr
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Chronic insufficient sleep and diet quality: Contributors to childhood obesity.
Authors: Cespedes EM, Hu FB, Redline S, Rosner B, Gillman MW, Rifas-Shiman SL, Taveras EM.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
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Postnatal Depressive Symptoms Among Mothers and Fathers of Infants Born Preterm: Prevalence and Impacts on Children's Early Cognitive Function.
Authors: Cheng ER, Kotelchuck M, Gerstein ED, Taveras EM, Poehlmann-Tynan J.
J Dev Behav Pediatr
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In Reply to Dr. Anchondo and the Ellyn Satter Institute RE: MA-CORD.
Authors: Taveras EM, Davison KK, Perkins ME, Gortmaker S, Land T.
Child Obes
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Parental guidance advised: associations between parental television limits and health behaviors among obese children.
Authors: Cheng JK, Koziol RL, Taveras EM.
Acad Pediatr
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Engaging children in the development of obesity interventions: Exploring outcomes that matter most among obesity positive outliers.
Authors: Sharifi M, Marshall G, Goldman RE, Cunningham C, Marshall R, Taveras EM.
Patient Educ Couns
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The Role of Health Information Sources in Decision-Making Among Hispanic Mothers During Their Children's First 1000 Days of Life.
Authors: Criss S, Woo Baidal JA, Goldman RE, Perkins M, Cunningham C, Taveras EM.
Matern Child Health J
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Connect for Health: Design of a clinical-community childhood obesity intervention testing best practices of positive outliers.
Authors: Taveras EM, Marshall R, Sharifi M, Avalon E, Fiechtner L, Horan C, Orav J, Price SN, Sequist T, Slater D.
Contemp Clin Trials
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