Publications Papers
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This section contains published results from studies supported by the Healthy Eating Research program.
Agricultural Policy
Duffy M. Economies of size in production agriculture. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. 2009;4(3):375.
Gereffi G, Lee J, Christian M. US-based food and agricultural value chains and their relevance to healthy diets. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. 2009;4(3):357.
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. The Farm Bill and public health: An overview. http://www.healthyeatingresearch.org/images/stories/her_wingspread/6atpfarmbilloverview.pdf.
Krueger J, Krub K, Hayes L. Planting the seeds for public health: How the farm bill can help farmers to produce and distribute healthy foods. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Farmers' Legal Action Group. Inc.; 2010.
Muller M, Schoonover H and Wallinga D. Contribution of U.S. Food and Agricultural Policy to the Obesity Epidemic. March 2007. Available at http://www.healthyeatingresearch.org/images/stories/her_wingspread/7mullerbackgroundpaper.pdf.
Schaffer HD, Hunt DB and Ray DE. U.S. Agricultural Commodity Policy and its Relationship to Obesity. March 2007. Available at http://www.healthyeatingresearch.org/images/stories/her_wingspread/9schafferbackgroundpaper.pdf.
Story M, Hamm MW, Wallinga D. Research and action priorities for linking public health, food systems, and sustainable agriculture: Recommendations from the Airlie conference. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. 2009;4(3):477.
Story M, Hamm MW, Wallinga D. Food systems and public health: Linkages to achieve healthier diets and healthier communities. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. 2009;4(3):219-224.
Child Care/Preschool
Benjamin SE, Finkelstein J. Preventing obesity in the child care setting: Evaluating state regulations. Available from: http://cfm.mc.duke.edu/modules/cfm_ehs_resrch/index.php?id=6.
Gooze RA, Hughes CC, Finkelstein DM, Whitaker RC. Reaching staff, parents, and community partners to prevent childhood obesity in Head Start, 2008. Prev Chronic Dis. 2010;7(3):A54.
Hecht K, Chandran K, Samuels S, Crawford P, Ritchie L, Spector P. Nutrition and physical activity environments in licensed child care: A statewide assessment of California. 2009. Available from: http://cfpa.net/ChildNutrition/ChildCare/CFPAPublications/RWJF-StatewideChildCareAssessment-2009.pdf. Accessed August 31, 2011.
Henderson KE, Grode GM, Middleton AE, Kenney EL, Falbe J, Schwartz MB. Validity of a measure to assess the child-care nutrition and physical activity environment. J Am Diet Assoc. 2011;111(9):1306-1313.
Hughes CC, Gooze RA, Finkelstein DM, Whitaker RC. Barriers to obesity prevention in Head Start. Health Aff. 2010;29(3):454-462.
Kaphingst KM, Story M. Child care as an untapped setting for obesity prevention: State child care licensing regulations related to nutrition, physical activity, and media use for preschool-aged children in the United States. Prev Chronic Dis. 2009;6(1):A11.
Larson N, Ward DS, Neelon SB, Story M. What role can child-care settings play in obesity prevention? A review of the evidence and call for research efforts. J Am Diet Assoc. 2011;111(9):1343-1362.
Monsivais P, Johnson DB. Improving nutrition in home child care: Are food costs a barrier? Public Health Nutr. 2011:1-7.
Story M, Kaphingst KM, French S. The role of child care settings in obesity prevention. Future Child. 2006;16(1):143-168.
Food Access
Bodor JN, Ulmer VM, Dunaway LF, Farley TA, Rose D. The rationale behind small food store interventions in low-income urban neighborhoods: Insights from New Orleans. J Nutr. 2010;140(6):1185-1188.
Borradaile KE, Sherman S, Vander Veur SS, et al. Snacking in children: The role of urban corner stores. Pediatrics. 2009;124(5):1292-1297.
Fleischhacker S, Vu M, Ries A, McPhail A. Engaging tribal leaders in an American Indian healthy eating project through modified talking circles. Fam Community Health. 2011;34(3):202-210.
Hartley D, Anderson N, Fox K, Lenardson J. How does the rural food environment affect rural childhood obesity? Childhood Obesity. 2011;7(6).
Kwate NO, Loh JM. Separate and unequal: The influence of neighborhood and school characteristics on spatial proximity between fast food and schools. Prev Med. 2010;51(2):153-156.
Kwate NO, Yau CY, Loh JM, Williams D. Inequality in obesigenic environments: Fast food density in New York City. Health Place. 2009;15(1):364-373.
Larson NI, Story MT. Food insecurity and weight status among U.S. children and families: A review of the literature. Am J Prev Med. 2011;40(2):166-173.
Larson NI, Story MT, Nelson MC. Neighborhood environments: Disparities in access to healthy foods in the U.S. Am J Prev Med. 2009;36(1):74-81.
Laska MN, Borradaile KE, Tester J, Foster GD, Gittelsohn J. Healthy food availability in small urban food stores: A comparison of four US cities. Public Health Nutr. 2010;13(7):1031-1035.
Ledoux TA, Hingle MD, Baranowski T. Relationship of fruit and vegetable intake with adiposity: A systematic review. Obes Rev. 2011;12(5):e143-50.
Lytle LA. Measuring the food environment: State of the science. Am J Prev Med. 2009;36(4 Suppl):S134-44.
McCormack LA, Laska MN, Larson NI, Story M. Review of the nutritional implications of farmers' markets and community gardens: A call for evaluation and research efforts. J Am Diet Assoc. 2010;110(3):399-408.
McKinnon RA, Reedy J, Morrissette MA, Lytle LA, Yaroch AL. Measures of the food environment: A compilation of the literature, 1990-2007. Am J Prev Med. 2009;36(4 Suppl):S124-33.
Story M, Hamm MW and Wallinga D. "Food Systems and Public Health." Poverty & Race, 19(2): 3-4, 2010.
Surkan PJ, Coutinho AJ, Christiansen K, et al. Healthy food purchasing among African American youth: Associations with child gender, adult caregiver characteristics and the home food environment. Public Health Nutr. 2011;14(4):670-677.
Tester JM, Stevens SA, Yen IH, Laraia BL. An analysis of public health policy and legal issues relevant to mobile food vending. Am J Public Health. 2010;100(11):2038-2046.
Tester JM, Yen IH, Pallis LC, Laraia BA. Healthy food availability and participation in WIC (special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children) in food stores around lower- and higher-income elementary schools. Public Health Nutr. 2011;14(6):960-964.
Yousefian A, Leighton A, Fox K, Hartley D. Understanding the rural food environment--perspectives of low-income parents. Rural Remote Health. 2011;11(2):1631.
Marketing and Promotion Bleich SN, Herring BJ, Flagg DD, Gary-Webb TL. Reduction in purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages among low-income, black adolescents after exposure to caloric information. Am J Pub Health. 2011. [Epub ahead of print]. Chester J, Cheyne A, Dorfman L. Peeking behind the curtain: Food and marketing industry research supporting digital media marketing to children and adolescents. Center for Digital Democracy and Berkeley Media Studies Group; 2011.
Graff SK. First amendment implications of restricting food and beverage marketing in schools. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 2008;615(1):157-177.
Grigsby-Toussaint DS, Moise IK, Geiger SD. Observations of marketing on food packaging targeted to youth in retail food stores. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011.
Kraak VI, Story M, Wartella EA, Ginter J. Industry progress to market a healthful diet to american children and adolescents. Am J Prev Med. 2011;41(3):322-333.
Kraak VI, Kumanyika SK and Story M. "The Commercial Marketing of Healthy Lifestyles to Address the Global Child and Adolescent Obesity Pandemic: Prospects, Pitfalls and Priorities." Public Health Nutrition, 12(11): 2027-36, 2009.
Montgomery K, Grier S, Chester J, Dorfman L. The new age of food marketing: How companies are targeting and luring our kids - and what advocates can do about it. Center for Digital Democracy, Public Health Law & Policy, and Berkeley Media Studies Group; 2011.
Otten JJ, Hekler EB, Krukowski RA, et al. Food marketing to children through toys: Response of restaurants to the first U.S. toy ordinance. Am J Prev Med. 2012;42(1).
Wilking C. Issue brief: Reining in pester power food and beverage marketing. Boston, MA: The Public Health Advocacy Institute; 2011.
Wilking C, Gottlieb M. Major findings from 50-state survey of state consumer protection law to limit junk food marketing to children. Boston, MA: The Public Health Advocacy Institute; 2011.
Wootan MG, Batada A, Balkus O. Report card on food-marketing policies: An analysis of food and entertainment company policies regarding food and beverage marketing to children. Center for Science in the Public Interest; 2010. Available from: http://cspinet.org/new/pdf/marketingreportcard.pdf.
Menu Labeling
Bleich SN, Herring BJ, Flagg DD, Gary-Webb TL. Reduction in purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages among low-income, black adolescents after exposure to caloric information. Am J Pub Health. 2011. [Epub ahead of print].
Dumanovsky T, Huang CY, Bassett MT, Silver LD. Consumer awareness of fast-food calorie information in New York City after implementation of a menu labeling regulation. Am J Public Health. 2010;100(12):2520-2525.
Dumanovsky T, Huang CY, Nonas CA, Matte TD, Bassett MT, Silver LD. Changes in energy content of lunchtime purchases from fast food restaurants after introduction of calorie labelling: Cross sectional customer surveys. BMJ. 2011;343:d4464.
Elbel B. Consumer estimation of recommended and actual calories at fast food restaurants. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011.
Elbel B, Kersh R, Brescoll VL, Dixon LB. Calorie labeling and food choices: A first look at the effects on low-income people in New York City. Health affairs. 2009;28(6):w1110-21.
Elbel B, Gyamfi J, Kersh R. Child and adolescent fast-food choice and the influence of calorie labeling: A natural experiment. Int J Obes (Lond). 2011.
Harnack LJ, French SA. Effect of point-of-purchase calorie labeling on restaurant and cafeteria food choices: A review of the literature. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2008;5:51.
Vadiveloo MK, Dixon LB, Elbel B. Consumer purchasing patterns in response to calorie labeling legislation in New York City. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2011;8(1):51.
Other Policy and Environmental Strategies
Barry CL, Brescoll VL, Brownell KD, Schlesinger M. Obesity metaphors: How beliefs about the causes of obesity affect support for public policy. Milbank Q. 2009;87(1):7-47.
Barry CL, Jarlenski M, Grob R, Schlesinger M, Gollust SE. News media framing of childhood obesity in the United States from 2000 to 2009. Pediatrics. 2011;128(1):132-145.
Bleich SN, Ku R, Wang YC. Relative contribution of energy intake and energy expenditure to childhood obesity: A review of the literature and directions for future research. Int J Obes (Lond). 2010.
Huang TT, Story MT. A journey just started: Renewing efforts to address childhood obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010;18 Suppl 1:S1-3.
Larson N, Story M. A review of environmental influences on food choices. Ann Behav Med. 2009;38 Suppl 1:S56-73.
Larson N, Story M. The adolescent obesity epidemic: Why, how long, and what to do about it. Adolesc Med State Art Rev. 2008;19(3):357-79, vii.
Levy DT, Mabry PL, Wang YC, et al. Simulation models of obesity: A review of the literature and implications for research and policy. Obes Rev. 2011;12(5):378-394.
Roberts SL, Hamilton N. Legal analysis of opportunities to address obesity and protect public health. http://www.healthyeatingresearch.org/images/stories/her_wingspread/8robertsbackgroundpaper.pdf.
Sallis JF, Story M and Lou D. Study designs and analytic strategies for environmental and policy research on obesity, physical activity, and diet: Recommendations from a meeting of experts. Am J Prev Med. 2009;36(2 Suppl):S72-7.
Story M. The third school nutrition dietary assessment study: Findings and policy implications for improving the health of US children. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009;109(2 Suppl):S7-13.
Story M, Giles-Corti B, Yaroch AL, et al. Work group IV: Future directions for measures of the food and physical activity environments. Am J Prev Med. 2009;36(4 Suppl):S182-8.
Story M, Sallis JF, Orleans CT. Adolescent obesity: Towards evidence-based policy and environmental solutions. J Adolesc Health. 2009;45(3 Suppl):S1-5.
Pricing and Economics
Dennisuk LA, Coutinho AJ, Suratkar S, et al. Food expenditures and food purchasing among low-income, urban, African-American youth. Am J Prev Med. 2011;40(6):625-628.
Finkelstein EA, Zhen C, Nonnemaker J, Todd JE. Impact of targeted beverage taxes on higher- and lower-income households. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170(22):2028-2034.
Fletcher JM, Frisvold DE, Tefft N. The effects of soft drink taxes on child and adolescent consumption and weight outcomes. J Public Econ. 2010:967.
Fletcher JM, Frisvold D, Tefft N. Can soft drink taxes reduce population weight? Contemp Econ Policy. 2010;28(1):23-35.
Fletcher JM, Frisvold D, Tefft N. Taxing soft drinks and restricting access to vending machines to curb child obesity. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29(5):1059-1066.
Sturm R, Datar A. Food prices and weight gain during elementary school: 5-year update. Public Health. 2008;122(11):1140-1143.
Schools/After School
Anderson PM, Butcher KF, Cascio EU, Schanzenbach DW. Is being in school better? the impact of school on children's BMI when starting age is endogenous. J Health Econ. 2011;30(5):977-986.
Belansky ES, Cutforth N, Delong E, et al. Early effects of the federally mandated local wellness policy on school nutrition environments appear modest in Colorado's rural, low-income elementary schools. J Am Diet Assoc. 2010;110(11):1712-1717.
Belansky ES, Cutforth N, Delong E, et al. Early impact of the federally mandated local wellness policy on physical activity in rural, low-income elementary schools in Colorado. J Public Health Policy. 2009;30(Suppl 1):S141-60.
Briefel RR, Crepinsek MK, Cabili C, Wilson A, Gleason PM. School food environments and practices affect dietary behaviors of US public school children. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009;109(2 Suppl):S91-107.
Chiodini S. Nutrition advocacy in the American federal system.
Dietz WH, Story MT, Leviton LC. Issues and implications of screening, surveillance, and reporting of children's BMI. Pediatrics. 2009;124 Suppl 1:S98-101.
Falbe J, Kenney EL, Henderson KE, Schwartz MB. The wellness child care assessment tool: A measure to assess the quality of written nutrition and physical activity policies. J Am Diet Assoc. 2011;111(12):1852-1860.
Fernandes MM. The effect of soft drink availability in elementary schools on consumption. J Am Diet Assoc. 2008;108(9):1445-1452.
Finkelstein DM, Hill EL, Whitaker RC. School food environments and policies in US public schools. Pediatrics. 2008;122(1):e251-9.
Fox MK, Dodd AH, Wilson A, Gleason PM. Association between school food environment and practices and body mass index of US public school children. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009;109(2 Suppl):S108-17.
Harris DE, Blum JW, Bampton M, et al. Location of food stores near schools does not predict the weight status of Maine high school students. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2011;43(4):274-278.
Hecht K, Chandran K, Samuels S, Crawford P, Ritchie L, Spector P. Nutrition and physical activity environments in licensed child care: A statewide assessment of california. 2009. Available from: http://cfpa.net/ChildNutrition/ChildCare/CFPAPublications/RWJF-StatewideChildCareAssessment-2009.pdf.
Johnson DB, Bruemmer B, Lund AE, Evens CC, Mar CM. Impact of school district sugar-sweetened beverage policies on student beverage exposure and consumption in middle schools. J Adolesc Health. 2009;45(3 Suppl):S30-7.
Jomaa LH, McDonnell E, Weirich E, Hartman T, Jensen L, Probart C. Student involvement in wellness policies: A study of Pennsylvania local education agencies. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2010;42(6):372-379.
Larson N, Story M. Are 'competitive foods' sold at school making our children fat? Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29(3):430-435.
Long MW, Henderson KE, Schwartz MB. Evaluating the impact of a Connecticut program to reduce availability of unhealthy competitive food in schools. J Sch Health. 2010;80(10):478-486.
Miura MR. Off the map: Extracurricular school food: Open campus lunch. Public Health Advocacy Institute; 2009. Available from: http://www.phaionline.org/2009/04/06/off-the-map-extracurricular-school-food.
Miura MR, Smith JA, Alderman J. Mapping school food: A policy guide. http://www.phaionline.org/2007/11/06/mapping-school-food-a-policy-guide.
Miura MR. Legal notes: Open campus lunch. off the map: Extracurricular school food. Public Health Advocacy Institute; 2009. Available from: http://www.phaionline.org/2009/04/06/off-the-map-extracurricular-school-food/.
Nanney MS, Nelson T, Wall M, et al. State school nutrition and physical activity policy environments and youth obesity. Am J Prev Med. 2010;38(1):9-16.
Neuhouser ML, Lilley S, Lund A, Johnson DB. Development and validation of a beverage and snack questionnaire for use in evaluation of school nutrition policies. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009;109(9):1587-1592.
Nollen NL, Kimminau KS, Nazir N. Demographic and financial characteristics of school districts with low and high a la carte sales in rural Kansas public schools. J Am Diet Assoc. 2011;111(6):879-883.
Pinkas D. Healthy beverage vending agreement. Public Health Law and Policy; 2007. Available from: http://www.nplanonline.org/nplan/products/model-healthy-beverage-vending-agreement.
Pinkas D, McCauley A. Access to public meetings and records: What nutrition advocates need to know.
Probart C, McDonnell E, Weirich JE, Schilling L, Fekete V. Statewide assessment of local wellness policies in Pennsylvania public school districts. J Am Diet Assoc. 2008;108(9):1497-1502.
Probart C, McDonnell ET, Jomaa L, Fekete V. Lessons from Pennsylvania’s mixed response to federal school wellness law. Health Aff. 2010;29(3):447-453.
Samuels SE, Bullock S, Woodward-Lopez G, et al. To what extent have high schools in California been able to implement state-mandated nutrition standards. J Adolesc Health. 2009;45(3S):S38-44.
Sanchez-Vaznaugh EV, Sanchez BN, Baek J, Crawford PB. 'Competitive' food and beverage policies: Are they influencing childhood overweight trends? Health Aff. 2010;29(3):436-446.
Schwartz MB, Lund AE, Grow HM, et al. A comprehensive coding system to measure the quality of school wellness policies. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009;109(7):1256-1262.
Smith J. Off the map: Extracurricular school food: School stores, concessions, and fundraising. Public Health Advocacy Institute; 2009. Available from: http://www.phaionline.org/2009/04/06/off-the-map-extracurricular-school-food/.
Smith J. Legal notes: School stores, concessions, and fundraising. off the map: Extracurricular school food. Public Health Advocacy Institute; 2009. Available from: http://www.phaionline.org/2009/04/06/off-the-map-extracurricular-school-food/.
Story M, Kaphingst KM, French S. The role of schools in obesity prevention. Future Child. 2006;16(1):109-142.
Story M, Nanney MS, Schwartz MB. Schools and obesity prevention: Creating school environments and policies to promote healthy eating and physical activity. Milbank Q. 2009;87(1):71-100.
Sturm R. Disparities in the food environment surrounding US middle and high schools. Public Health. 2008;122(7):681-690.
Tester JM, Yen IH, Laraia B. Mobile food vending and the after-school food environment. Am J Prev Med. 2010;38(1):70-73.
Whatley Blum JE, Beaudoin CM, O'Brien LM, Polacsek M, Harris DE, O'Rourke KA. Impact of Maine’s statewide nutrition policy on high school food environments. Prev Chronic Dis. 2011;8(1):A19.
Woodward-Lopez G, Gosliner W, Samuels SE, Craypo L, Kao J, Crawford PB. Lessons learned from evaluations of california's statewide school nutrition standards. Am J Public Health. 2010;100(11):2137-2145. |
