Publications

Selected Publications

  • Woo Baidal JA, Nichols K, Charles N, Chernick L, Duong N, Finkel MA, Falbe J, Valeri L. Text Messages to Curb Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Pregnant Women and Mothers: A Mobile Health Randomized Controlled Trial. Nutrients. 2021 Dec 5;13(12):4367. doi: 10.3390/nu13124367. PMID: 34959919; PMCID: PMC8703966.
  • Cheng ER, Batista E, Chen L, Nichols K, Park S, Charles N, Woo Baidal JA. Correlates of sugar-sweetened beverage intake among low-income women during the first 1000 days. Public Health Nutr. 2021 Jun;24(9):2496-2501. doi: 10.1017/S1368980020003390.
  • Braid L, Oliva R, Nichols K, Reyes A, Guzman J, Goldman RE, Woo Baidal JA. Community Perceptions in New York City: Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Policies and Programs in the First 1000 Days. Matern Child Health J. 2022 Jan;26(1):193-204. doi: 10.1007/s10995-021-03255-8. Epub 2021 Oct 7. PMID: 34618312; PMCID: PMC8495667.
  • Fernandez C, Chen L, Cheng E, Charles N, Meyer D, Monk C, Woo Baidal J. Food Insecurity and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among WIC-Enrolled Families in the First 1,000 Days. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2020 Aug;52(8):796-800. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2020.03.006. Epub 2020 May 19. PMID: 32444189; PMCID: PMC7423699.
  • Woo Baidal JA, Chang J, Hulse E, Turetsky R, Parkinson K, Rausch JC. Zooming Toward a Telehealth Solution for Vulnerable Children with Obesity During Coronavirus Disease 2019. Obesity (Silver Spring). [Perspective] 2020 Jul;28(7):1184-1186. Doi:10.1002/oby.22860. Epub 2020 Jun 10. PMID: 32352650.
  • Woo Baidal JA, Morel K, Nichols K, Elbel E, Charles N, Goldsmith J, Chen L, Taveras EM. Sugar-sweetened beverage attitudes and consumption during the first 1,000 days of life. American Journal of Public Health. 2018.
  • Nelson CC, Colchamiro R, Perkins M, Taveras EM, Leung-Strle P, Kwass J, Woo Baidal JA. Racial/ethnic differences in the effectiveness of a multi-sector childhood obesity prevention intervention. American Journal of Public Health. 2018 Jul19:e1-e7. Doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304511. PubMed PMID: 30024810.
  • Woo Baidal JA, Cheng ER, Rifas-Shiman SL, Oken E, Gillman MW, Taveras EM. Association of Vitamin E Intake at Early Childhood with Alanine Aminotransferase Levels at Mid-Childhood. Hepatology. 2018 Apr;(4):1339-1347. Doi: 10.1002/hep.29629. Epub 2018 Mar 1. PubMed PMID: 29119610.
  • Woo Baidal JA, Nelson CC, Perkins M, Colchamiro R, Leung-Strle P, Kwass JA, Gortmaker SL, Davison KK, Taveras EM. Childhood obesity prevention in the women, infants, and children program: Outcomes of the MA-CORD study. Obesity. 2017 Jul;25(7):1167-1174. PubMed PMID: 28653498.
  • Taveras EM, Perkins M, Anand S, Woo Baidal JA, Nelson CC, Kamdar N, Kwass JA, Gortmaker SL, Barrett JL, Davison KK, Land T. Clinical effectiveness of the Massachusetts childhood obesity research demonstration initiative among low-income children. Obesity. 2017 Jul;25(7):1159-1166. PubMed PMID: 28653504.
  • Woo Baidal JA, Locks LM, Cheng ER, Blake-Lamb TL, Perkins ME, Taveras EM. Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity in the First 1,000 Days: A Systematic Review. Am J Prev Med. 2016 Jun;50(6):761-79. PubMed PMID: 26916261.
  • Blake-Lamb TL, Locks LM, Perkins ME, Woo Baidal JA, Cheng ER, Taveras EM. Interventions for Childhood Obesity in the First 1,000 Days A Systematic Review. Am J Prev Med. 2016 Jun;50(6):780-9. PubMed PMID: 26916260.
  • Woo Baidal JA and Lavine JE. The Intersection of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Obesity. Science Transl Med: 2016; 8(323):323rv1.
  • Woo Baidal JA, Criss S, Goldman RE, Perkins M, Cunningham C, Taveras EM. Reducing Hispanic Children’s Obesity Risk Factors in the First 1000 Days of Life: A Qualitative Analysis. J Obes; 2015:945918. doi: 10.1155/2015/945918. PMID: 25874127. PMCID: PMC4385595.
  • Criss S, Woo Baidal JA, Goldman RE, Perkins M, Cunningham C, Taveras EM. The Role of Health Information Sources in Decision-making among Hispanic Mothers during Their Children’s First 1000 Days of Life. Matern Child Health J: 2015;19(11):2536-43. PMCID: PMC4596758.
  • Woo Baidal JA, Taveras EM. Protecting Progress against Childhood Obesity – The National School Lunch Program. [Editorial] New Engl J Med 2014; 371:1862-1865. PMID:25353967.
  • Woo Baidal JA, Price S, Gonzalez-Suarez E, Mitchell K, Rifas-Shiman SL, Gortmaker SL, Gillman MW, Taveras EM. Parental Perceptions of a Motivational Interviewing-based Pediatric Obesity Prevention Intervention. Clin Pediatri (Phila): 2013 Jun; 52(6):540-8. PMID: 23564304. PMCID: PMC3800680.
  • Woo Baidal JA, Taveras EM. Pediatric Obesity: Shifting the Focus to Early Prevention. [Editorial] Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med: 2012 Dec; 166(12):1179-81. PMID: 23108905.

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