Check out our publications and presentations on our obesity research.
Publications
Lieff SA, Bangia D, Baronberg SJ, Burlette A, Chiasson MA. Farm to WIC!: Evaluation of an educational initiative to promote shopping at farmers’ markets among WIC participants in New York City. J Community Health. 2017;42(4):701-6. doi:10.1007/s10900-016-0306-3
Chiasson MA, Scheinmann R, Hartel D, McLeod N, Sekhobo J, Edmunds LS, and Findley S. Predictors of obesity in a cohort of children enrolled in WIC as infants and retained to three years of age. J Community Health. 2016 Feb;41(1):127-33. doi: 10.1007/s10900-015-0077-2. PMID:26280211
Chiasson MA, Scheinmann R, Hartel D, McLeod N, Sekhobo J, Edmunds LS, Findley S. Predictors of obesity in a cohort of children enrolled in WIC as infants and retained to 3 years of age. J Community Health. 2016;41(1):127-33. PMID:26280211
Edmunds LS, Sekhobo JP, Dennison BA, Chiasson MA, Stratton HH, Davison KK. Association of prenatal participation in a public health nutrition program with healthy infant weight gain. Am J Public Health. 2014;104(Suppl 1):S35-42.
Chiasson MA, Findley SE, Sekhobo JP, Scheinmann R, Edmunds LS, Faly AS, McLeod NJ. Changing WIC changes what children eat. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013;21(7):1423-9.
Garbers S, Chiasson MA. Class III obesity and unwanted pregnancy among women with live births in New York City, 2004-2007. Matern Child Health J. 2013;17(8):1459-67.
Presentations
Gross RS, Mendelsohn AL, Gross MB, Scheinmann R, Messito MJ. Large infant appetite and maternal feeding styles in low-income Hispanic families. Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in San Diego, CA 2015. [Oral]
Messito MJ, Mendelsohn AL, Gross MB, Scheinmann R, Gross RS. Characteristics related to infant appetite in low-income Hispanic families. Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in San Diego, CA 2015. [Oral]