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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Reasons Low-Income Parents Offer Snacks to Children: How Feeding Rationale Influences Snack Frequency and Adherence to Dietary Recommendations.
Authors: Blaine RE, Fisher JO, Taveras EM, Geller AC, Rimm EB, Land T, Perkins M, Davison KK.
Nutrients
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Management of obesity: improvement of health-care training and systems for prevention and care.
Authors: Dietz WH, Baur LA, Hall K, Puhl RM, Taveras EM, Uauy R, Kopelman P.
Lancet
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Food environments and childhood weight status: effects of neighborhood median income.
Authors: Fiechtner L, Sharifi M, Sequist T, Block J, Duncan DT, Melly SJ, Rifas-Shiman SL, Taveras EM.
Child Obes
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Child Care Provider Adherence to Infant and Toddler Feeding Recommendations: Findings from the Baby Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (Baby NAP SACC) Study.
Authors: Blaine RE, Davison KK, Hesketh K, Taveras EM, Gillman MW, Benjamin Neelon SE.
Child Obes
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Comparative effectiveness of childhood obesity interventions in pediatric primary care: a cluster-randomized clinical trial.
Authors: Taveras EM, Marshall R, Kleinman KP, Gillman MW, Hacker K, Horan CM, Smith RL, Price S, Sharifi M, Rifas-Shiman SL, Simon SR.
JAMA Pediatr
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Insufficient sleep among elementary and middle school students is linked with elevated soda consumption and other unhealthy dietary behaviors.
Authors: Franckle RL, Falbe J, Gortmaker S, Ganter C, Taveras EM, Land T, Davison KK.
Prev Med
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Prevention of obesity in infancy and early childhood: a National Institutes of Health workshop.
Authors: Lumeng JC, Taveras EM, Birch L, Yanovski SZ.
JAMA Pediatr
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Assessing care providers' perceptions and beliefs about physical activity in infants and toddlers: baseline findings from the Baby NAP SACC study.
Authors: Hesketh KR, van Sluijs EM, Blaine RE, Taveras EM, Gillman MW, Benjamin Neelon SE.
BMC Public Health
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Evaluation overview for the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) project.
Authors: Davison KK, Falbe J, Taveras EM, Gortmaker S, Kulldorff M, Perkins M, Blaine RE, Franckle RL, Ganter C, Woo Baidal J, Kwass JA, Buszkiewicz J, Smith L, Land T.
Child Obes
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Sleep duration, restfulness, and screens in the sleep environment.
Authors: Falbe J, Davison KK, Franckle RL, Ganter C, Gortmaker SL, Smith L, Land T, Taveras EM.
Pediatrics
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