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Sujata Dixit
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 7
Citations - 2768
Sujata Dixit is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications receiving 2741 citations. Previous affiliations of Sujata Dixit include University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Reducing Obesity via a School-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention Among Youth
Steven L. Gortmaker,Karen E. Peterson,Jean L. Wiecha,Arthur M. Sobol,Sujata Dixit,Mary Kay Fox,Nan M. Laird +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, Planet Health sessions were included within existing curricula using classroom teachers in 4 major subjects and physical education, focusing on decreasing television viewing, decreasing consumption of high-fat foods, increasing fruit and vegetable intake, and increasing moderate and vigorous physical activity.
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Reducing obesity via a school-based interdisciplinary intervention among youth: Planet Health
Steven L. Gortmaker,Karen E. Peterson,Jean L. Wiecha,Arthur M. Sobol,Sujata Dixit,Sujata Dixit,Mary Kay Fox,Nan M. Laird +7 more
TL;DR: Planet Health decreased obesity among female students, indicating a promising school-based approach to reducing obesity among youth.
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The nutritional impact of breakfast consumption on the diets of inner-city African-American elementary school children.
TL;DR: Efforts to improve the nutritional status of children should include nutrition education to promote breakfast, and a significantly greater proportion of the children who skipped breakfast compared to those who ate breakfast failed to achieve dietary adequacy for nearly every nutrient studied.
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Safety and Effectiveness of Homemade and Reconstituted Packet Cereal-based Oral Rehydration Solutions: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Alan Meyers,Amy Sampson,Richard A. Saladino,Sujata Dixit,William G. Adams,Alejandro Mondolfi +5 more
TL;DR: CBORS do not offer a clinically significant advantage over glucose-based ORS, but it is not the safest alternative for regular clinical use.
Oral Rehydration Solutions: A Randomized Clinical Trial Safety and Effectiveness of Homemade and Reconstituted Packet Cereal-based
Alejandro Mondolfi,Alan Meyers,Amy Sampson,Richard A. Saladino,Sujata Dixit,William G. Adams +5 more
TL;DR: A randomized clinical trial to determine whether low-income parents could safely mix and administer cereal-based oral rehydration solutions (CBORS) both from ingredients commonly found in the home and from a premixed packet and whether these CBORS were as effective in maintaining hydration as commercial glucose-based ORS.