Donna Matheson, PhD
Senior Research ScientistResearch Interests: Family- and school-based nutrition interventions, and dietary assessment of children. Phone: 498-4765 |
| Ongoing Research Projects (click project title for more information) | |
| IPSI II: Family Based Nutrition for Latino Children | 9/1/2003 - 7/31/2007 |
| Home-Based Nutrition Intervention and Play Group Exercise for Low Income Latinas | 9/11/2006 - 8/31/2010 |
| Ethnic Dance & Screen Time Reduction to Prevent Weight Gain in Latina Girls | 5/1/2006 - 4/30/2011 |
| Recent Research Projects (click project title for more information) | |
| Reducing Television Viewing to Prevent Childhood Obesity | 4/1/1999 - 3/31/2002 |
| Innovative Obesity Prevention for African-American Girls | 8/1/1999 - 5/31/2002 |
| Effects of a Parent Video on Hispanic Children's Weight | 12/1/2000 - 11/30/2002 |
| Publications (click publication title for more information) | |
| 2006 | Do Mexican-American mothers' food-related parenting practices influence their children's weight and dietary intake? J Am Diet Assoc. 2006; 106(11): 1861-5 |
| 2004 | Evaluation of quality control procedures for 24-h dietary recalls: results from the Girls Health Enrichment Multisite Studies Prev Med. 2004; 38 Suppl: S14-23 |
| 2003 | Effects of reducing television viewing on children's requests for toys: a randomized controlled trial.[comment] Ethnicity & Disease. 2003; 13(1 Suppl 1): S65-77 |
| 2003 | Dance and reducing television viewing to prevent weight gain in African-American girls: the Stanford GEMS pilot study Ethnicity & Disease. 2003; 13(1 Suppl 1): S65-77 |
| 2002 | Household food security and nutritional status of Hispanic children in the fifth grade Am J Clin Nutr. 2002; 76(1): 210-7 |
| 2002 | Validity of children's food portion estimates: a comparison of 2 measurement aids Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002; 156(9): 867-71 |
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