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A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Socioeconomic Factors, Foreign Media, and Attitude toward Appearance on General and Central Adiposity in Chinese Adolescents

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A controlled evaluation of a school-based intervention to promote physical activity among sedentary adolescent females: project FAB.

scientific article published in April 2004

A high-sugar/low-fiber meal compared with a low-sugar/high-fiber meal leads to higher leptin and physical activity levels in overweight Latina females

scientific article published on June 2009

A review of cancer in U.S. Hispanic populations

scientific article published on February 2012

Academic-Related Factors and Emotional Eating in Adolescents

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Acculturation and meanings of smoking among Asian--American college students

scientific article published on 23 January 2007

Acculturation, physical activity, and fast-food consumption among Asian-American and Hispanic adolescents

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Acute effects of stress-reduction Interactive Guided Imagery(SM) on salivary cortisol in overweight Latino adolescents

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Adolescent affiliations and adiposity: a social network analysis of friendships and obesity

scientific article published on 17 March 2009

Advances and Controversies in Diet and Physical Activity Measurement in Youth

scientific article published on 19 August 2018

Advancing Models and Theories for Digital Behavior Change Interventions

scientific article published on November 2016

Aerobic and strength training reduces adiposity in overweight Latina adolescents

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An evaluation of immediate outcomes and fidelity of a drug abuse prevention program in continuation high schools: project towards no drug abuse (TND).

scientific article published in January 2012

An evolving scientific basis for the prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity

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Anxiety mediates the relationship between sleep onset latency and emotional eating in minority children

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Association between home availability and vegetable consumption in youth: a review

scientific article published on May 2014

Association of breakfast skipping with visceral fat and insulin indices in overweight Latino youth

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Associations among sugar sweetened beverage intake, visceral fat, and cortisol awakening response in minority youth.

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Associations between physical activity and perceived stress/hassles in college students

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Associations of adiposity with measured and self-reported academic performance in early adolescence

scientific article published in October 2006

Associations of dietary sugar and glycemic index with adiposity and insulin dynamics in overweight Latino youth

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Automatic, wearable-based, in-field eating detection approaches for public health research: a scoping review

scientific article published on 13 March 2020

BMI as a moderator of perceived stress and emotional eating in adolescents

scientific article published on 19 September 2007

Behavior change interventions: the potential of ontologies for advancing science and practice

scientific article published on August 2016

Behavioral contributions to the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes

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Bidirectional associations between future time perspective and substance use among continuation high-school students

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Bidirectional relationships between client and counselor speech: the importance of reframing

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Boosting a teen substance use prevention program with motivational interviewing

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Building health behavior models to guide the development of just-in-time adaptive interventions: A pragmatic framework

scientific article published on December 2015

Building new computational models to support health behavior change and maintenance: new opportunities in behavioral research

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Built Environment Associations with Adiposity Parameters among Overweight and Obese Hispanic Youth

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CRP is related to higher leptin levels in minority peripubertal females regardless of adiposity levels

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Children's executive function and high-calorie, low-nutrient food intake: mediating effects of child-perceived adult fast food intake

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Cigarette smoking is associated with unhealthy patterns of food consumption, physical activity, sleep impairment, and alcohol drinking in Chinese male adults

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Cigarettes, culture, and Korean American emerging adults: an exploratory qualitative study

scientific article published on 5 June 2013

Cognitive attributions for smoking among adolescents in China

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Commercial Video Games As Therapy: A New Research Agenda to Unlock the Potential of a Global Pastime

scientific article published in January 2017

Compliance With Mobile Ecological Momentary Assessment Protocols in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Concurrent and predictive relationships between compulsive internet use and substance use: findings from vocational high school students in China and the USA

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Cooking and Gardening Behaviors and Improvements in Dietary Intake in Hispanic/Latino Youth

scientific article published on 22 March 2019

Coping mediates the effects of depressive symptoms on sleep problems

scientific article published on March 2015

Correlates of overweight status in Chinese youth: an East-West paradox

scientific article published in July 2011

Crowdsourcing for self-monitoring: Using the Traffic Light Diet and crowdsourcing to provide dietary feedback.

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Current mHealth technologies for physical activity assessment and promotion

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Design and methodology of the LA Sprouts nutrition, cooking and gardening program for Latino youth: A randomized controlled intervention

scientific article published on 18 April 2015

Determining energy expenditure from treadmill walking using hip-worn inertial sensors: an experimental study

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Development, Reliability, and Validity of an Urban Trail Use Survey ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Diabetes Empowerment Council (DEC): Development and Pilot Testing of an Innovative Mind-Body Group Intervention for Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes

Diabetes Empowerment Council: Integrative Pilot Intervention for Transitioning Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes

scientific article published on 8 March 2018

Dietary correlates of emotional eating in adolescence

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Disentangling Discrimination: Victim Characteristics as Determinants of the Perception of Behavior as Racist or Sexist

Does community type moderate the relationship between parent perceptions of the neighborhood and physical activity in children?

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Double jeopardy: metabolic syndrome leads to increased sedentary behavior in peri-pubertal minority females

scientific article published on 10 April 2014

Eating breakfast more frequently is cross-sectionally associated with greater physical activity and lower levels of adiposity in overweight Latina and African American girls

scientific article published on 26 June 2013

Effect of a mobile just-in-time implementation intention intervention on momentary smoking lapses in smoking cessation attempts among Asian American young adults

scientific article published on 04 January 2020

Effects of PNPLA3 on Liver Fat and Metabolic Profile in Hispanic Children and Adolescents ⬇️

scientific article published on September 17, 2010

Effects of a randomized maintenance intervention on adiposity and metabolic risk factors in overweight minority adolescents ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

Effects of high-sugar and high-fiber meals on physical activity behaviors in Latino and African American adolescents

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Effects of perceived peer isolation and social support availability on the relationship between body mass index and depressive symptoms

scientific article published in September 2005

Energy estimation of treadmill walking using on-body accelerometers and gyroscopes ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2010

Energy-efficient multihypothesis activity-detection for health-monitoring applications.

scientific article published in January 2009

Estimating individualized treatment regimes from crossover designs

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

Etiology, Treatment, and Prevention of Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence: A Decade in Review ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Evaluation Of A Tri-axial, Gyroscope-enhanced, And Bluetooth-enabled Accelerometer In Estimating Walking Speeds

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Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Revised Inventory of the Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood (IDEA-R) in a Sample of Continuation High School Students ⬇️

scientific article published on July 11, 2012

Executive cognitive function and food intake in children

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Executive cognitive function as a correlate and predictor of child food intake and physical activity

scientific article published on 17 March 2010

Executive function and latent classes of childhood obesity risk ⬇️

scientific article published on January 5, 2012

Fast-food restaurants, park access, and insulin resistance among Hispanic youth

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Fasting Indicators of Insulin Sensitivity: Effects of Ethnicity and Pubertal Status ⬇️

scientific article published on February 28, 2011

Feasibility of a home-based versus classroom-based nutrition intervention to reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes in Latino youth

scientific article published in January 2007

From counselor skill to decreased marijuana use: does change talk matter?

scientific article published on 02 December 2013

Gender differences in smoking and meanings of smoking in Asian-American college students.

scientific article published in May 2008

Genetic and clinical markers of elevated liver fat content in overweight and obese Hispanic children

scientific article published on 13 August 2013

Go Figure? Body-Shape Motives are Associated with Decreased Physical Activity Participation Among Midlife Women

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Guided Imagery Council: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effects of a Novel Group-Based Lifestyle Intervention in Predominantly Latino Adolescents

Healthy apps: mobile devices for continuous monitoring and intervention.

scientific article published on November 2013

Hierarchical Linear Models for Energy Prediction using Inertial Sensors: A Comparative Study for Treadmill Walking

scientific article published on December 2013

High Calorie, Low Nutrient Food/Beverage Intake and Video Gaming in Children as Potential Signals for Addictive Behavior ⬇️

scientific article published on November 29, 2011

How can statistical approaches enhance transdisciplinary study of drug misuse prevention?

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Identifying Patterns of Eating and Physical Activity in Children: A Latent Class Analysis of Obesity Risk ⬇️

scientific article published on 07 October 2010

Imagine HEALTH: results from a randomized pilot lifestyle intervention for obese Latino adolescents using Interactive Guided ImagerySM.

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Increased hepatic fat in overweight Hispanic youth influenced by interaction between genetic variation in PNPLA3 and high dietary carbohydrate and sugar consumption

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Increased physical activity and reduced adiposity in overweight Hispanic adolescents

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Increasing Physical Activity Decreases Hepatic Fat and Metabolic Risk Factors

scientific article published on April 2012

Influence of gender, BMI and Hispanic ethnicity on physical activity in children

scientific article published in January 2007

Influences of social support, perceived barriers, and negative meanings of physical activity on physical activity in middle school students.

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Innovations in the Use of Interactive Technology to Support Weight Management.

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Insulin sensitivity as an independent predictor of fat mass gain in Hispanic adolescents

scientific article published on 12 August 2009

Interventions for improving metabolic risk in overweight Latino youth

scientific article published on October 2010

Investigating children's physical activity and sedentary behavior using ecological momentary assessment with mobile phones

scientific article published on 16 December 2010

Joint physical activity and sedentary behavior in parent-child pairs

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KNOWME

LA Sprouts: A 12-Week Gardening, Nutrition, and Cooking Randomized Control Trial Improves Determinants of Dietary Behaviors

scientific article published on 06 October 2015

LA sprouts randomized controlled nutrition and gardening program reduces obesity and metabolic risk in Latino youth

scientific article published on 9 May 2015

LA sprouts randomized controlled nutrition, cooking and gardening programme reduces obesity and metabolic risk in Hispanic/Latino youth.

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Locations of Joint Physical Activity in Parent–Child Pairs Based on Accelerometer and GPS Monitoring ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 2013

Longitudinal Analysis of Weight Perception and Psychological Factors in Chinese Adolescents ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Longitudinal influence of mother's child-feeding practices on adiposity in children

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Low prevalence of pediatric type 2 diabetes: where's the epidemic?

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Meal skipping linked to increased visceral adipose tissue and triglycerides in overweight minority youth

scientific article published on 02 December 2013

Meanings of sexual intercourse for Italian adolescents

scientific article published on 8 August 2008

Meanings of smoking and adolescent smoking across ethnicities

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Measuring the meanings of eating in minority youth

scientific article published on 24 July 2011

Mindfulness-based interventions for obesity-related eating behaviours: a literature review

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Misuse of "study drugs:" prevalence, consequences, and implications for policy

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Mobile health technology evaluation: the mHealth evidence workshop

scientific article published on August 2013

Modeling high-level descriptions of real-life physical activities using latent topic modeling of multimodal sensor signals ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Modifying influence of dietary sugar in the relationship between cortisol and visceral adipose tissue in minority youth

scientific article published on 20 September 2013

Momentary assessment of affect, physical feeling states, and physical activity in children

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Momentary negative moods and being with friends precede cigarette use among Korean American emerging adults

scientific article published on 22 April 2014

Motivational Interviewing for adolescent substance use: a review of the literature

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Motivational Interviewing to prevent dropout from an education and employment program for young adults: A randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 27 April 2017

Moving the Science of Behavioral Change into the 21st Century: Part 2

scientific article published on 01 November 2013

Moving the science of behavior change into the 21st century: novel solutions to prevent disease and promote health

scientific article published on September 2013

Multimodal physical activity recognition by fusing temporal and cepstral information

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Objectively Measured Physical Activity Is Negatively Associated with Plasma Adiponectin Levels in Minority Female Youth ⬇️

scientific article published on August 11, 2010

Occupational Therapy Intervention Improves Glycemic Control and Quality of Life Among Young Adults With Diabetes: the Resilient, Empowered, Active Living With Diabetes (REAL Diabetes) Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 19 January 2018

One-Year Prediction of Pain Killer Use among At-Risk Older Teens and Emerging Adults ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

One-year outcomes of a drug abuse prevention program for older teens and emerging adults: Evaluating a motivational interviewing booster component ⬇️

scientific article published on October 10, 2011

Optimal Time-Resource Allocation for Energy-Efficient Physical Activity Detection ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Outcomes Evaluation in Faith-Based Social Services: Are We Evaluating Faith Accurately?

Overweight Perception: Associations with Weight Control Goals, Attempts, and Practices among Chinese Female College Students

scientific article published on 7 August 2015

Pediatric obesity and insulin resistance: chronic disease risk and implications for treatment and prevention beyond body weight modification

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Perceived stress, coping and night-eating in college students

article by Jatturong R. Wichianson et al published August 2009 in Stress and Health

Perceptions of Faith and Outcomes in Faith-Based Programs for Homeless Youth

Personal incentives as determinants of adolescent health behavior: the meaning of behavior

scientific article published in September 1995

Physical activity in US youth: effect of race/ethnicity, age, gender, and weight status

scientific article published on December 2010

Physical activity is related to insulin sensitivity in children and adolescents, independent of adiposity: a review of the literature ⬇️

scientific article published on March 2, 2012

Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and the metabolic syndrome in minority youth

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Physical inactivity, but not sedentary behavior or energy intake, is associated with higher fat mass in Latina and African American girls ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Pioneering the Transdisciplinary Team Science Approach: Lessons Learned from National Cancer Institute Grantees

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Predicting Self-Initiated Marijuana Use Cessation among Youth at Continuation High Schools

scientific article published on 26 July 2013

Prevalence and co-occurrence of addictive behaviors among former alternative high school youth

scientific article published on April 2014

Prevalence and co-occurrence of addictive behaviors among former alternative high school youth: A longitudinal follow-up study

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Prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity using mobile and wireless technologies: a systematic review

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Promoting Cardiovascular Health in Early Childhood and Transitions in Childhood through Adolescence: A Workshop Report

scientific article published on 20 March 2019

Prospective associations between bilingualism and executive function in Latino children: sustained effects while controlling for biculturalism

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Protocol for the Imagine HEALTH Study: Guided imagery lifestyle intervention to improve obesity-related behaviors and salivary cortisol patterns in predominantly Latino adolescents

scientific article published on 02 August 2018

Proximity and Perceived Safety as Determinants of Urban Trail Use: Findings from a Three-City Study

Psychological determinants of emotional eating in adolescence

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Psychometrics of the Eating in Emotional Situations Questionnaire (EESQ) among low-income Latino elementary-school children ⬇️

scientific article published on January 25, 2011

Psychosocial and Behavioral Correlates of A1C and Quality of Life Among Young Adults With Diabetes

scientific article published on 08 October 2018

Psychosocial correlates of eating behavior in children and adolescents: a review

scientific article published on 12 August 2009

Psychosocial determinants of participation in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity among Hispanic and Latina middle school-aged girls

scientific article published in January 2013

Randomized control trial to improve adiposity and insulin resistance in overweight Latino adolescents

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Randomized controlled trial to improve adiposity, inflammation, and insulin resistance in obese African-American and Latino youth

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Reasons for urban trail use predict levels of trail-related physical activity.

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Recognition of Physical Activities in Overweight Hispanic Youth Using KNOWME Networks ⬇️

scientific article published on May 11, 2011

Recruitment and retention of African American and Latino preadolescent females into a longitudinal biobehavioral study ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Reducing sedentary behavior in minority girls via a theory-based, tailored classroom media intervention

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Reduction in added sugar intake and improvement in insulin secretion in overweight latina adolescents

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Reduction in risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in response to a low-sugar, high-fiber dietary intervention in overweight Latino adolescents

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Relation between mothers' child-feeding practices and children's adiposity

scientific article published in March 2002

Relationships between executive cognitive function and lifetime substance use and obesity-related behaviors in fourth grade youth

scientific article published on 24 June 2011

Resilient, Empowered, Active Living with Diabetes (REAL Diabetes) study: Methodology and baseline characteristics of a randomized controlled trial evaluating an occupation-based diabetes management intervention for young adults

scientific article published on 4 January 2017

Results from the United states' 2014 report card on physical activity for children and youth

scientific article published on May 2014

Sensations from initial exposure to nicotine predicting adolescent smoking in China: a potential measure of vulnerability to nicotine

scientific article published in August 2003

Sensing eating mimicry among family members

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Smoking among adolescents in China: an analysis based upon the meanings of smoking theory

scientific article published in January 2006

Socio-demographic and economic correlates of overweight status in Chinese adolescents

scientific article published on July 2007

Sociocultural and socioeconomic influences on type 2 diabetes risk in overweight/obese African-American and Latino-American children and adolescents

scientific article published on 13 May 2013

Startup circuit training program reduces metabolic risk in Latino adolescents

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Stress and Abdominal Fat: Preliminary Evidence of Moderation by the Cortisol Awakening Response in Hispanic Peripubertal Girls ⬇️

scientific article published on December 2, 2010

Stressful Life Events and Predictors of Post-traumatic Growth among High-Risk Early Emerging Adults

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Sugar Restriction Leads to Increased Ad Libitum Sugar Intake by Overweight Adolescents in an Experimental Test Meal Setting.

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THE RELATIONSHIP OF EMERGING ADULTHOOD TRAJECTORIES TO DRUG USE, AND OTHER CORRELATES.

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Temporal relationship between insulin sensitivity and the pubertal decline in physical activity in peripubertal Hispanic and African American females

scientific article published on 11 July 2013

The Association of Trail Features With Self-Report Trail Use by Neighborhood Residents

scientific article published on 27 May 2020

The Influence of Parental Education on Dietary Intake in Latino Youth

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The Role of Assimilating to the US Culture and the Relationship Between Neighborhood Ethnic Composition and Dietary Intake Among Hispanic Youth

scientific article published on 17 October 2016

The direct effect of thin ideal focused adult television on young girls’ ideal body figure

scientific article published on 10 December 2010

The impact of sugar sweetened beverage intake on hunger and satiety in minority adolescents

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The influence of worries on emotional eating, weight concerns, and body mass index in Latina female youth

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The interaction of social networks and child obesity prevention program effects: the pathways trial

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The meanings of smoking among Chinese American and Taiwanese American college students

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The most critical unresolved issues associated with transdisciplinary substance use prevention research: programs, models, paradigms, concepts, and processes

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Translational research in childhood obesity prevention.

scientific article published in June 2006

Two facets of stress and indirect effects on child diet through emotion-driven eating

scientific article published on 8 May 2015

Understanding worker well-being relative to high-workload and recovery activities across a whole day: pilot testing an ecological momentary assessment technique

journal article published in 2021

Unique contributions of meanings of smoking and outcome expectancies to understanding smoking initiation in middle school

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Variation in diagnoses: Influence of specialists' training on selecting and ranking relevant information in geriatric case vignettes

scientific article published on 01 March 1996

Vegetable consumption is linked to decreased visceral and liver fat and improved insulin resistance in overweight Latino youth

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Virtual Sprouts: A Virtual Gardening Pilot Intervention Increases Self-Efficacy to Cook and Eat Fruits and Vegetables in Minority Youth

scientific article published on 2 February 2018

Weight perception and psychological factors in Chinese adolescents

scientific article published on September 2003

Weight perception and weight-related sociocultural and behavioral factors in Chinese adolescents

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Weight perception, academic performance, and psychological factors in Chinese adolescents

scientific article published on March 2006

Wellness partners: design and evaluation of a web-based physical activity diary with social gaming features for adults

scientific article published on February 2013

Worries and Health in Adolescence: A Latent Variable Approach

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mHealth approaches to child obesity prevention: successes, unique challenges, and next directions

scientific article published on December 2013

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