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Theresa A. Nicklas
Researcher at Baylor College of Medicine
Publications - 339
Citations - 21956
Theresa A. Nicklas is an academic researcher from Baylor College of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The author has an hindex of 77, co-authored 334 publications receiving 20516 citations. Previous affiliations of Theresa A. Nicklas include University of Maryland, College Park & University of Maryland, Baltimore.
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A review of family and social determinants of children's eating patterns and diet quality.
TL;DR: Interventions aimed at improving children’s nutrition need to address the variety of social and physical factors that influence children”s eating patterns.
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Assessment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity
Nancy F. Krebs,John H. Himes,Dawn Jacobson,Theresa A. Nicklas,Patricia Guilday,Dennis M. Styne +5 more
TL;DR: This report is intended to provide a comprehensive approach to assessment and to present the evidence available to support key aspects of assessment, based on >300 studies published since 1995, which examined an array of assessment tools.
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Are Current Health Behavioral Change Models Helpful in Guiding Prevention of Weight Gain Efforts
TL;DR: Although each model has something to offer obesity prevention, the early promise can be achieved only with substantial additional research in which these models are applied to diet and physical activity in regard to obesity.
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Revisiting a neglected construct: parenting styles in a child-feeding context.
TL;DR: A valid and reliable instrument was developed to identify feeding styles in parents of low-income minority preschoolers and found differences were found among the feeding styles on an independent measure of child's body mass index.
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Eating patterns, dietary quality and obesity.
TL;DR: The prevalence of overweight has increased approximately twofold in the 20-year period from 1974 to 1994, with the largest increases observed among 19- to 24-year-olds, and the annual increases in weight and obesity that occurred from 1983 to 1994 were 50% higher than those from 1973 to 1982.