Publications from the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences faculty at the University of Rhode Island.

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Submissions from 2022

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Maternal Stress and Excessive Weight Gain in Infancy, Katelyn Fox, Maya Vadiveloo, Karen McCurdy, Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon, Truls Østbye, and Alison Tovar

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Defining a Flexible Notion of “Good” STEM Writing Across Contexts: Lessons Learned From a Cross-Institutional Conversation, Sara M. Grady, Jenna Morton-Aiken, Caroline Gottschalk Druschke, Ingrid E. Lofgren, Nancy E. Karraker, Scott R. McWilliams, Nedra Reynolds, Elaine Finan, Patti L. Wolter, Donna R. Leff, and Michael Kennedy

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The relationship of physical activity and dietary quality and diabetes prevalence in US adults: Findings from NHANES 2011-2018, Furong Xu, Jacob Earp, Alessandra Adami, Lee Weidauer, and Geoffrey W. Greene

Submissions from 2021

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A safety net unraveling: feeding young children during COVID-19, Katherine W. Bauer, Jamie F. Chriqui, Tatiana Andreyeva, Erica L. Kenney, Virginia C. Stage, Dipti Dev, Laura Lessard, Caree J. Cotwright, and Alison Tovar

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Establishing Criterion Validity for the Revised Critical Nutrition Literacy Tool in U.S. College Students, Janette Bedoyan, Jade McNamara, Melissa D. Olfert, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, and Geoffrey Greene

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Association between Dietary Magnesium Intake and Glycemic Markers in Ghanaian Women of Reproductive Age: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study, Helena J. Bentil, Alyssa M. Abreu, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Joseph S. Rossi, Alison Tovar, and Brietta M. Oaks

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Self-Efficacy for Healthy Eating Moderates the Impact of Stress on Diet Quality Among Family Child Care Home Providers, Phillip Dobson, Regan Burney, Derek Hales, Amber Vaughn, Alison Tovar, Truls Østbye, and Dianne Ward

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A low-investment, high-impact approach for training stronger and more confident graduate student science writers, Caroline Gottschalk Druschke, Nancy E. Karraker, Scott R. McWilliams, Al Scott, Jenna Morton-Aiken, Nedra Reynolds, Elaine Finan, and Ingrid E. Lofgren

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Training Graduate Students in Multiple Genres of Public and Academic Science Writing: An Assessment Using an Adaptable, Interdisciplinary Rubric, Erin R. Harrington, Ingrid E. Lofgren, Caroline Gottschalk Druschke, Nancy E. Karraker, Nedra Reynolds, and Scott R. McWilliams

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Physical Activity Levels among Preschool-Aged Children in Family Child Care Homes: A Comparison between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Children Using Accelerometry, Augustine W. Kang, Kim M. Gans, Tayla von Ash, Danielle Castagneri, Laura Dionne, Alison Tovar, and Patricia M. Risica

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Quality Nutrition Education Materials for Pregnant or Lactating Women and Children Ages 0–24 Months Old, Noereem Z. Mena, Sarah Amin, Georgianna Mann, and Rachel Vollmer

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The utility of household Grocery Purchase Quality Index scores as an individual diet quality metric, Haley Wynne Parker, Carolina De Araujo, Anne N. Thorndike, and Maya K. Vadiveloo

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The Fueling Learning Through Exercise Study Cluster RCT: Impact on Children's Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity, Jennifer M. Sacheck, Catherine M. Wright, Sarah A. Amin, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Virginia M. Chomitz, Kenneth K. Chui, Paula J. Duquesnay, Miriam E. Nelson, and Christina D. Economos

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Parent Involvement in Diet or Physical Activity Interventions to Treat or Prevent Childhood Obesity: An Umbrella Review, Emily J. Tomayko, Alison Tovar, Nurgul Fitzgerald, Carol L. Howe, Melanie D. Hingle, Michael P. Murphy, Henna Muzaffar, Scott B. Going, and Laura Hubbs-Tait

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Effect of Personalized Incentives on Dietary Quality of Groceries Purchased A Randomized Crossover Trial, Maya Vadiveloo, Xintong Guan, Haley W. Parker, Elie Perraud, Ashley L. Buchanan, Stephen A. Atlas, and Anne N. Thorndike

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Contributions of Food Environments to Dietary Quality and Cardiovascular Disease Risk, Maya K. Vadiveloo, Mercedes Sotos-Prieto, Haley W. Parker, Qisi Yao, and Anne N. Thorndike

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Quantifying the effect of market information on demand for genetically modified salmon, Michael J. Weir, Hirotsugu Uchida, and Maya Vadiveloo

Submissions from 2020

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The impact of maternal supplementation during pregnancy and the first 6 months postpartum on the growth status of the next child born after the intervention period: Follow‐up results from Bangladesh and Ghana, Katherine P. Adams, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Malay K. Mridha, Brietta M. Oaks, Susana L. Matias, Charles D. Arnold, Sika M. Kumordzie, Harriet Okronipa, Maku E. Ocansey, and Kathryn G. Dewey

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Healthy Sleep Leads to Improved Nutrition and Exercise in College Females, Sue K. Adams, Elizabeth Dimond, Matthew J. Delmonico, Emily Sylvester, Chelsea Accetta, Carley Domos, and Ingrid E. Lofgren

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Evaluation of Dietetic Interns' Research Skills in an Online, Non-Thesis Master's Program, Jennifer Arts, Chelsea Paulin, Ingrid E. E. Lofgren, Barbara Woodland, and Catherine English

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Lessons Learned: Recruiting Aging Adults for Research, David R. Buys, Sarah L. Francis, Melissa Ventura Marra, Julie L. Locher, and Ingrid E. Lofgren

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Grow Well/Crecer Bien: A Protocol for Research on Infant Feeding Practices in Low-Income Families, Ann M. Cheney, Tanya Nieri, Ana Ramirez Zarate, Gretel Garcia, Lucero Vaca, Esmirna Valencia, Colleen Versteeg, Arlene Molina, Michael Castillo, and Alison Tovar

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Development and Validation of the Short Healthy Eating Index Survey with a College Population to Assess Dietary Quality and Intake, Sarah Colby, Wenjun Zhou, Chelsea Allison, Anne E. Mathews, Melissa D. Olfert, Jesse Stabile Morrell, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Geoffrey Greene, Onikia Brown, Kendra Kattelmann, and Karla Shelnutt

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The Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Systematic Review of Operational Definitions, Jennie N. Davis, Brietta M. Oaks, and Reina Engle-Stone

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Food Insecurity Is Associated with Increased Risk of Obesity in US College Students, Aseel El Zein, Sarah E. Colby, Wenjun Zhou, Karla P. Shelnutt, Geoffrey W. Greene, Tanya M. Horacek, Melissa D. Olfert, and Anne E. Mathews

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Intraindividual double burden of overweight and micronutrient deficiencies or anemia among preschool children, Reina Engle-Stone, Junjie Guo, Sanober Ismaily, O. Yaw Addo, Tahmeed Ahmed, Brietta M. Oaks, Parminder S. Suchdev, Rafael Flores-Ayala, and Anne M/ Williams

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Rationale, design and study protocol of the ‘Strong Families Start at Home’ feasibility trial to improve the diet quality of low-income, ethnically diverse children by helping parents improve their feeding and food preparation practices, Katelyn Fox, Kim Gans, Karen McCurdy, Patricia Markham Risica, Ernestine Jennings, Amy Gorin, George D. Papandonatos, and Alison Tovar

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Participation in the CACFP Ensures Availability but not Intake of Nutritious Foods at Lunch in Preschool Children in Child-Care Centers, Saima Hasnin, Dipti A. Dev, and Alison Tovar

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Exploring parenting contexts of Latinx 2-to-5-year old children's sleep: Qualitative evidence informing intervention development, Augustine W. Kang, Tayla R. Ash, Alison Tovar, Kim M. Gans, Jared Minkel, Noereem Z. Mena, and Patricia M. Risica

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Reducing Ageism: Changes in Students’ Attitudes after Participation in an Intergenerational Reverse Mentoring Program, Skye N. Leedahl, Melanie S. Brasher, Dara L. LoBuono, Bethany M. Wood, and Erica Estus

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Effectiveness of mobile produce markets in increasing access and affordability of fruits and vegetables among low-income seniors, Reece Lyerly, Pasquale Rummo, Sarah Amin, Whitney Evans, Eliza Dexter Cohen, Eliza Lawson, Eliza Hallett, Sophia De-Oliveira, Jennifer Rose, Cassandra Sutten Coats, and Amy Nunn

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Revision and Psychometric Validation of a Survey Tool to Measure Critical Nutrition Literacy in Young Adults, Jade McNamara, Zachary J. Kunicki, Melissa D. Olfert, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, and Geoffrey Greene

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Development of an Instrument Measuring Perceived Environmental Healthfulness: Behavior Environment Perception Survey (BEPS), Jade McNamara, Melissa D. Olfert, Morgan Sowers, Sarah Colby, Adrienne White, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Kendra Kattelmann, Lisa D. Franzen-Castle, Onikia Brown, Tandalayo Kidd, Karla P. Shelnutt, Tanya Horacek, and Geoffrey W. Greene

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Communication With Family Child Care Providers and Feeding Preschool-Aged Children: Parental Perspectives, Noereem Z. Mena, Patricia Markham Risica, Kim M. Gans, Ingrid E. Lofgren, Kathleen Gorman, Fatima K. Tobar, and Alison Tovar

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Impact of a nutritional supplement during gestation and early childhood on child salivary cortisol, hair cortisol, and telomere length at 4–6 years of age: a follow-up of a randomized controlled trial, Brietta M. Oaks, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Sika Kumordzie, Mark L. Laudenslager, Dana L. Smith, Jue Lin, Rebecca R. Young, Charles D. Arnold, Helena Bentil, Harriet Okronipa, Maku Ocansey, and Kathryn G. Dewey

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eB4CAST Approach Improves Science Communication With Stakeholders in a College-Based Health Program, Melissa D. Olfert, Makenzie L. Barr, Rebecca L. Hagedorn, Rachel A. Wattick, Wenjun Zhou, Tanya M. Horacek, Anne E. Mathews, Kendra K. Kattelmann, Tandalayo Kidd, Adrienne A. White, Onikia N. Brown, Jesse Stabile Morrell, Lisa Franzen-Castle, Karla P. Shelnutt, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Terezie Tolar-Peterson, Geoffrey W. Greene, and Sarah E. Colby

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Dietary Contributors to Food Group Intake in Preschool Children Attending Family Childcare Homes: Differences between Latino and Non-Latino Providers, Andrea Ramirez, Maya Vadiveloo, Patricia M. Risica, Kim M. Gans, Mary L. Greaney, Noreem Z. Mena, Kristen Cooksey Stowers, and Alison Tovar

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Examining the Consumer Restaurant Environment and Dietary Intake in Children, Shannon M. Robson, Maya Vadiveloo, Sarah Green, Sarah C. Couch, James F. Sallis, Karen Glanz, and Brian E. Saelens

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Fruit syndromes in Viburnum: correlated evolution of color, nutritional content, and morphology in bird-dispersed fleshy fruits, Miranda A. Sinnott-Armstrong, Chong Lee, Wendy L. Clement, and Michael J. Donoghue

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Exploring the Provider-Level Socio-Demographic Determinants of Diet Quality of Preschool-Aged Children Attending Family Childcare Homes, Alison Tovar, Patricia Markham Risica, Andrea Ramirez, Noereem Mena, Ingrid E. Lofgren, Kristen Cooksey Stowers, and Kim M. Gans

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Evaluating the effect of individually-targeted food incentives on grocery purchases: The smart cart study protocol for a randomized controlled cross-over trial, Maya K. Vadiveloo, Xintong Guan, Haley W. Parker, Elie Perraud, Ashley Buchanan, Stephen Atlas, and Anne N. Thorndike

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Rapid Diet Assessment Screening Tools for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction across Healthcare Settings: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association, Maya Vadiveloo, Alice H. Lichtenstein, Cheryl Anderson, Karen Aspry, Randi Foraker, Skylar Griggs, Laura L. Hayman, Emily Johnston, Neil J. Stone, and Anne N. Thorndike

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Sociodemographic Differences in the Dietary Quality of Food-at-Home Acquisitions and Purchases among Participants in the U.S. Nationally Representative Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS), Maya Vadiveloo, Haley W. Parker, Filippa Juul, and Niyati Parekh

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Keys to healthy family child care homes: Results from a cluster randomized trial, Dianne S. Ward, Amber E. Vaughn, Regan V. Burney, Derek Hales, Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon, Alison Tovar, and Truls Østbye

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Intraindividual double burden of overweight or obesity and micronutrient deficiencies or anemia among women of reproductive age in 17 population-based surveys, Anne M. Wiiliams, Junjie Guo, O. Yaw Addo, Sanober Ismaily, Sorrel M.L. Namaste, Brietta M. Oaks, Fabian Rohner, Parminder S. Suchdev, Melissa F. Young, Rafael Flores-Ayala, and Reina Engle-Stone

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Temporal Association between Abdominal Weight Status and Healthy Aging: Findings from the 2011–2018 National Health and Aging Trends Study, Furong Xu, Jacob E. Earp, Geoffrey W. Greene, Steven A. Cohen, Ingrid E. Lofgren, Matthew J. Delmonico, and Mary L. Greaney

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The Relationships between Total Protein Intake, Protein Sources, Physical Activity, and Lean Mass in a Representative Sample of the US Adults, Furong Xu, Jacob E. Earp, Maya Vadiveloo, Alessandra Adami, M. J. Delmonico, Ingrid E. Lofgren, and Mary L. Greaney

Submissions from 2019

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The effects of a nutrient supplementation intervention in Ghana on parents’ investments in their children, Katherine P. Adams, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Helena Bentil, Brietta M. Oaks, Rebecca R. Young, Stephen A. Vosti, and Kathryn G. Dewey

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Supplementation with Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Does Not Increase Child Morbidity in a Semiurban Setting in Ghana: A Secondary Outcome Noninferiority Analysis of the International Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements (iLiNS)–DYAD Randomized Controlled Trial, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Rebecca R. Young, Anna Lartey, Harriet Okronipa, Per Ashorn, Ulla Ashorn, Brietta M. Oaks, and Kathryn G. Dewey

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Maternal and Infant Supplementation with Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Increases Infants’ Iron Status at 18 Months of Age in a Semiurban Setting in Ghana: A Secondary Outcome Analysis of the iLiNS-DYAD Randomized Controlled Trial, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Rebecca T. Young, Anna Lartey, Harriet Okronipa, Per Ashorn, Ulla Ashorn, Brietta M. Oaks, Mary Arimond, and Kathryn G. Dewey

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Development of a Tool for Food Literacy Assessment in Children (TFLAC), Sarah A. Amin, Megan Lehnerd, Sean B. Cash, Christina D. Economos, and Jennifer M. Sacheck

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Principles of Hydration, Sarah Amin and Gary Liguori

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Design and methods of Shape Up Under 5: Integration of systems science and community-engaged research to prevent early childhood obesity, Julia M. Appel, Karen Fullerton, Erin Hennessy, Ariella R. Korn, Alison Tovar, Steven Allender, Peter S. Hovmand, Matt Kasman, Boyd A. Swinburn, Ross A. Hammond, and Christina D. Economos

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Perceptions of Low-Income Students Completing a Nutrition Education Program, Kate Balestracci, Linda Sebelia, Geoffrey Greene, Adam Moore, Kelsi Chappell, and Alison Tovar

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Examining changes in respiratory exchange ratio within an 8-week weight loss intervention, J. Beatty and K. Melanson

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Robustness of Food Processing Classification Systems, Rachel Bleiweiss-Sande, Kenneth Chui, E. Whitney Evans, Jeanne Goldberg, Sarah A. Amin, and Jennifer Sachek

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Associations between Food Group Intake, Cognition, and Academic Achievement in Elementary Schoolchildren, Rachel Bleiweiss-Sande, Kenneth Chui, Catherine Wright, Sarah A. Amin, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, and Jennifer M. Sacheck

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Micronutrient Adequacy in Preschool Children Attending Family Child Care Homes, Esther Cuarado-Soto, Patricia M. Risica, Kim M. Gans, Carly Ellis, Carolina D. Araujo, Ingrid E. Lofgren, Kristen C. Stowers, and Alison Tovar

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Contextual Factors Influence Professional Development Attendance Among Child Care Providers in Nebraska, Dipti A. Dev, Aileen S. Garcia, Alison Tovar, Holly Hatton-Bowers, Lisa Franzen-Castle, Zainab Rida, Linda Reddish, Jasmin A. Smith, Christy Burger, Danae Dinkel, Donnia Behrends, Emily Hulse, and Susan Sheridan

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Prevalence and correlates of food insecurity among U.S. college students: a multi-institutional study, Aseel El Zein, Karla P. Shelnutt, Sarah Colby, Melissa J. Vilaro, Wenjun Zhou, Geoffrey Greene, Melissa D. Olfert, Kirstin Riggsbee, Jesse Stabile Morrell, and Anne E. Mathews

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Loss of BCAA Catabolism during Carcinogenesis Enhances mTORC1 Activity and Promotes Tumor Development and Progression, Russell E. Ericksen, Siew Lan Lim, Eoin McDonnell, Wai Ho Shuen, Maya Vadiveloo, Phillip J. White, Zhaobing Ding, Royston Kwok, Philip Lee, George K. Radda, Han Chong Toh, Matthew D. Hirschey, and Weiping Han

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Nutrition-related practices of family child care providers and differences by ethnicity, Kim M. Gans, Alison Tovar, Qianxia Jiang, Jennifer Mello, Laura Dionne, Augustine Kang, Noereem Z. Mena, Vanessa Palomo, and Patricia Markham Risica

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Development and Validation of the Policies, Opportunities, Initiatives and Notable Topics (POINTS) Audit for Campuses and Worksites, Tanya M. Horacek, Mariel Simon, Elif Dede Yildirim, Adrienne A. White, Karla P. Shelnutt, Kristin Riggsbee, Melissa D. Olfert, Jesse Stabile Morrell, Anne E. Mathews, Wenjun Zhou, Tandalayo Kidd, Kendra Kattelmann, Geoffrey Greene, Lisa Franzen-Castle, Sarah Colby, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, and Onikia Brown

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Staple Food Item Availability among Small Retailers in Providence, RI, Yuyao Huang, Alison Tovar, John Taylor, and Maya Vadiveloo

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Processing level and diet quality of the US grocery cart: Is there an association?, Filippa Juul, Bárbara Dos Santos Simões, Jacqueline Litvak, Euridice Martinez-Steele, Andrea Deierlein, Maya Vadiveloo, and Niyati Parekh

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Maternal and Infant Lipid-Based Nutritional Supplementation Increases Height of Ghanaian Children at 4–6 Years Only if the Mother Was Not Overweight Before Conception, Sika M. Kumordzie, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Mary Arimond, Rebecca R. Young, Theodosia Adom, Rose Boatin, Maku E. Ocansey, Harriet Okronipa, Elizabeth L. Prado, Brietta M. Oaks, and Kathryn G. Dewey

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Maternal–Infant Supplementation with Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Does Not Affect Child Blood Pressure at 4–6 Y in Ghana: Follow-up of a Randomized Trial, Sika M. Kumordzie, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Rebecca R. Young, Brietta M. Oaks, Solace M. Tamakloe, Maku E. Ocansey, Harriet Okronipa, Elizabeth L. Prado, and Kathryn G. Dewey

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Maternal and Child Factors Associated with Child Body Fatness in a Ghanaian Cohort, Sika M. Kumordzie, Harriet Okronipa, Mary Arimond, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Maku E. Ocansey, Rebecca R. Young, Helena J. Bentil, Solace M. Tamakloe, Brietta M. Oaks, and Kathryn G. Dewey

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Process Evaluation of a Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Intervention in an Urban School District, Silvia Lepe, Jennifer Goodwin, Katie T. Mulligan, Kate Balestracci, Linda Sebelia, and Geoffrey Greene

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Older adults learning technology in an intergenerational program: Qualitative analysis of areas of technology requested for assistance, Dara L. LoBuono, Skye N. Leedahl, and Elycia Maiocco

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Improving nutrition and physical activity environments of family child care homes: the rationale, design and study protocol of the ‘Healthy Start/Comienzos Sanos’ cluster randomized trial, Patricia Markham Risica, Alison Tovar, Vanessa Palomo, Laura Dionne, Noereem Mena, Kate Magid, Diane Stanton Ward, and Kim M. Gans

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Using Interactive Nutrition Modules to Increase Critical Thinking Skills in College Courses, Jade McNamara, Sara Sweetman, Priscilla Connors, Ingrid E. Lofgren, and Geoffrey Greene

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Associations of less healthy snack food consumption with infant weight-for-length z-score trajectories: Findings from the Nurture cohort study, Amy M. Moore, Maya Vadiveloo, Alison Tovar, Karen McCurdy, Truls Østbye, and Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon

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The Effect of a Family-Based Dietary Intervention on Dietary Fiber Density in Children Aged 6 to 11 Years, Jennifer Nobles, Jade McNamara, Alison Tovar, Stephanie Marchand, Furong Xu, and Geoffrey Greene

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Prenatal Iron Deficiency and Replete Iron Status Are Associated with Adverse Birth Outcomes, but Associations Differ in Ghana and Malawi, Brietta M. Oaks, Josh M. Jorgensen, Lacey M. Baldiviez, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Ken Maleta, Harriet Okronipa, John Sadalaki, Anna Lartey, Per Ashorn, Ulla Ashorn, Stephen Vosti, Lindsay H. Allen, and Kathryn G. Dewey

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The Association of Early Linear Growth and Haemoglobin Concentration with Later Cognitive, Motor, and Social–Emotional Development at Preschool Age in Ghana, Maku E. Ocansey, Seth Adu‐Afarwuah, Sika M. Kumordzie, Harriet Okronipa, Rebecca R. Young, Solace M. Tamakloe, Brietta M. Oaks, Mary Arimond, Kathryn G. Dewey, and Elizabeth L. Prado

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Prenatal and postnatal lipid-based nutrient supplementation and cognitive, social-emotional, and motor function in preschool-aged children in Ghana: a follow-up of a randomized controlled trial, Maku E. Ocansey, Seth Adu-Afrawuah, Sika M. Kumordzie, Harriet Okronipa, Rebecca R. Young, Solace M. Tamakloe, Brietta M. Oaks, Kathryn G. Dewey, and Elizabeth L. Prado

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The Effects of Supplementing Maternal and Infant Diets with Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour at Preschool Age in Ghana, Maku E. Ocansey, Anna Pulakka, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Rebecca R. Young, Sika M. Kumordzie, Harriet Okronipa, Brietta M. Oaks, Kathryn G. Dewey, and Elizabeth L. Prado

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Exposure to a slightly sweet lipid-based nutrient supplement during early life does not increase the level of sweet taste most preferred among 4- to 6-year-old Ghanaian children: follow-up of a randomized controlled trial, Harriet Okronipa, Mary Arimond, Charles D. Arnold, Rebecca R. Young, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Solace M. Tamakloe, Maku E. Ocansey, Sika M. Kumordzie, Brietta M. Oaks, Julie A. Mennella, and Kathryn G. Dewey

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Sex Differences in Lifestyle Behaviors among U.S. College Freshmen, Melissa D. Olfert, Makenzie L. Barr, Camille C. Charlier, Geoffrey W. Greene, Wenjun Zhou, and Sarah E. Colby

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Associations between pre-pregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain, and prenatal diet quality in a national sample, Haley W. Parker, Alison Tovar, Karen McCurdy, and Maya Vadiveloo

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Diet quality of vegetarian diets compared with nonvegetarian diets: A systematic review, Haley W. Parker and Maya K. Vadiveloo

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Path Analyses of Risk Factors for Linear Growth Faltering in Four Prospective Cohorts of Young Children in Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso, Elizabeth L. Prado, Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez, Stephen Vosti, Robert Stewart, Christine P. Stewart, Jérôme Somé, Anna Pulakka, Jean Bosco Ouédraogo, Harriet Okronipa, Eugenia Ocansey, Brietta Oaks, Kenneth Maleta, Anna Lartey, Emma Kortekangas, Sonja Y. Hess, Kenneth Brown, Jaden Bendabenda, Ulla Ashorn, Per Ashorn, Mary Arimond, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Souheila Abbeddou, and Kathryn Dewey

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A Multi-Year Examination of Gardening Experience and Fruit and Vegetable Intake During College, Daniel Staub, Sarah E. Colby, Melissa D. Olfert, Kendra Kattelmann, Wenjun Zhou, Tanya M. Horacek, Geoffrey Greene, Ivana Radosavljevic, Lisa Franzen-Castle, and Anne E. Mathews

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Maternal vegetable intake during and after pregnancy, Alison Tovar, Jill L. Kaar, Karen McCurdy, Alison E. Field, Dana Dabelea, and Maya Vadiveloo

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Maternal predictors of infant beverage consumption: Results from the Nurture cohort study, Alison Tovar, Maya Vadiveloo, Truls Ostbye, and Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon

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Modifying the Environment and Policy Assessment and Observation (EPAO) to better capture feeding practices of family childcare home providers, Alison Tovar, Amber E. Vaughn, Jennifer Orlet Fisher, Sara E. Benjamin Neelon, Regan Burney, Kathleen Webster, Tao Liu, Truls Ostbye, and Dianne S. Ward

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Geographic Differences in the Dietary Quality of Food Purchases among Participants in the Nationally Representative Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS), Maya Vadiveloo, Elie Perraud, Haley W. Parker, Filippa Juul, and Niyati Parekh

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Associations between timing and quality of solid food introduction with infant weight-for-length z-scores at 12 months: Findings from the Nurture cohort, Maya Vadiveloo, Alison Tovar, Truls Østbye, and Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon

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The FLEX Study School-Based Physical Activity Programs – Measurement and Evaluation of Implementation, Catherine M. Wright, Virginia R. Chomitz, Paula J. Duquesnay, Sarah A. Amin, Christina D. Economos, and Jennifer M. Sacheck

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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in US Adolescents’ Dietary Quality and Its Modification by Weight-Related Factors and Physical Activity, Furong Xu, Steven A. Cohen, Mary L. Greaney, Disa L. Hatfield, and Geoffrey W. Greene

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Maternal hemoglobin concentrations across pregnancy and maternal and child health: a systematic review and meta‐analysis, Melissa F. Young, Brietta M. Oaks, Sonia Tandon, Reynaldo Martorell, Kathryn G. Dewey, and Amanda S. Wendt

Submissions from 2018

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Ghanaian Parents' Perceptions of Pre and Postnatal Nutrient Supplements and their Effects, Katherine P. Adams, Harriet Okronipa, Seth Adu‐Afarwuah, Mary Arimond, Sika Kumordzie, Brietta M. Oaks, Maku E. Ocansey, Rebecca R. Young, Stephen A. Vosti, and Kathryn G. Dewey

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The family child care home environment and children's diet quality, Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon, Amber E. Vaughn, Alison Tovar, Truls Østbye, Stephanie Mazzucca, and Dianne S. Ward

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Correlations of Self-Reported Androgen Deficiency in Ageing Males (ADAM) with Stress and Sleep among Young Adult Males, Camille M. Charlier, Makenzie L. Barr, Sarah E. Colby, Geoffrey Greene, and Melissa D. Olfert

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Better science through rhetoric: A new model and pilot program for training graduate student science writers, Caroline Gottschalk Druschke, Nedra Reynolds, Jenna Morton-Aiken, Ingrid E. Lofgren, Nancy E. Karraker, and Scott R. McWilliams

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Self-reported and observed feeding practices of Rhode Island Head Start teachers: Knowing what not to do, Megan Fallon, Katherine Halloran, Kathleen Gorman, Dianne Ward, Geoffrey Greene, and Alison Tovar

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Targeted Retail Coupons Influence Category-Level Food Purchases Over 2-years, Xintong Guan, Stephen A. Atlas, and Maya Vadiveloo

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Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Fruit and Vegetable Intake as Predictors of Head Start Teachers' Classroom Mealtime Behaviors, Katherine Halloran, Kathleen S. Gorman, Megan Fallon, and Alison Tovar

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Path Analysis of Campus Walkability/Bikeability and College Students’ Physical Activity Attitudes, Behaviors, and Body Mass Index, Tanya M. Horacek, E. Dede Yildirim, K. Kattelmann, O. Brown, C. Byrd-Bredbenner, S. Colby, G. Greene, S. Hoerr, T. Kidd, M. M. Koenings, J. Morrell, M. D. Olfert, B. Phillips, K. Shelnutt, and A. White