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List of works by Melissa A Napolitano

A comparison of Internet and print-based physical activity interventions

scientific article published on May 2007

Accelerometer use in a physical activity intervention trial

scientific article

Application of social marketing to recruitment for a digital weight management intervention for young adults

scientific article published on 15 April 2020

Availability and Accessibility of Student-Specific Weight Loss Programs and Other Risk Prevention Health Services on College Campuses

scientific article published on 08 June 2016

Barriers and motivators for strength training among women of color and Caucasian women

scientific article

Behavioral and psychological factors associated with 12-month weight change in a physical activity trial

scientific article

Breaking barriers to increased physical activity

scientific article published on 01 October 2000

Breastfeeding Duration and Primary Reasons for Breastfeeding Cessation among Women with Postpartum Depressive Symptoms

scientific article published on 7 December 2015

Commit to Quit in the YMCAs: translating an evidence-based quit smoking program for women into a community setting

scientific article published in November 2007

Comparing psychosocial predictors of physical activity adoption and maintenance

scientific article published on 07 September 2008

Cost effectiveness of a mail-delivered individually tailored physical activity intervention for Latinas vs. a mailed contact control

scientific article

Cost-effectiveness of alternative approaches for motivating activity in sedentary adults: results of Project STRIDE.

scientific article published on 25 April 2007

Determinants of Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration Among African American DC WIC Recipients: Perspectives of Recent Mothers

scientific article published on 10 August 2019

Determining who responds better to a computer- vs. human-delivered physical activity intervention: results from the community health advice by telephone (CHAT) trial

scientific article published on 22 September 2013

Differential effects of a body image exposure session on smoking urge between physically active and sedentary female smokers

scientific article

Distorting reality for children: body size proportions of Barbie and Ken dolls

scientific article published in November 1995

Does tailoring on additional theoretical constructs enhance the efficacy of a print-based physical activity promotion intervention?

scientific article

Effect of exercise duration and intensity on weight loss in overweight, sedentary women: a randomized trial

scientific article published in September 2003

Effects of a telephone-based psychosocial intervention for patients awaiting lung transplantation

scientific article published in October 2002

Effects of weight status and barriers on physical activity adoption among previously inactive women

scientific article

Erratum to: Examination of the Beck Depression Inventory-II Factor Structure Among Bariatric Surgery Candidates

scientific article published in July 2015

Evaluating an Interactive Digital Intervention for College Weight Gain Prevention

scientific article published on 23 May 2020

Evaluation of an internet-based physical activity intervention: a preliminary investigation

scientific article published in January 2003

Examination of print and telephone channels for physical activity promotion: Rationale, design, and baseline data from Project STRIDE.

scientific article

Examination of the Beck Depression Inventory-II Factor Structure Among Bariatric Surgery Candidates

scientific article

Exercise advice by humans versus computers: maintenance effects at 18 months

scientific article published on 18 February 2013

Feasibility of a Digital Intervention to Promote Healthy Weight Management among Postpartum African American/Black Women

scientific article published on 23 February 2021

Formative work to design a digital learning self-assessment and feedback tool to prevent weight gain among college students

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Future directions in physical activity intervention research: expanding our focus to sedentary behaviors, technology, and dissemination.

scientific article published on 8 October 2016

Harnessing motivational forces in the promotion of physical activity: the Community Health Advice by Telephone (CHAT) project

scientific article published in October 2002

Internalized weight bias in weight-loss surgery patients: psychosocial correlates and weight loss outcomes.

scientific article published on December 2014

Interventions to increase walking behavior

scientific article published on July 2008

Is physical activity a gateway behavior for diet? Findings from a physical activity trial

scientific article published on 29 January 2008

Limitations of Workplace Lactation Support: The Case for DC WIC Recipients

scientific article published on 09 December 2019

Mediators of physical activity behavior change: a multivariate approach

scientific article published on July 2008

Mediators of physical activity behavior change: findings from a 12-month randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 12 December 2011

Motivations for running and eating attitudes in obligatory versus nonobligatory runners

scientific article published in April 1998

Ongoing physical activity advice by humans versus computers: The Community Health Advice by Telephone (CHAT) Trial

article

Outcomes from the women's wellness project: a community-focused physical activity trial for women

scientific article

Physical Activity Promotion: Highlights from the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Systematic Review

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Clustering in Young Adults with Obesity

scientific article published on 15 November 2019

Prevalence and predictors of multiple behavioral risk factors for colon cancer

scientific article

Project PREVENT: a randomized trial to reduce multiple behavioral risk factors for colon cancer

scientific article published in June 2005

Psychosocial factors related to physical activity and weight loss in overweight women

scientific article published in May 2006

RB and RB2/p130 genes demonstrate both specific and overlapping functions during the early steps of in vitro neural differentiation of marrow stromal stem cells

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RB and RB2/p130 genes demonstrate both specific and overlapping functions during the early steps of in vitro neural differentiation of marrow stromal stem cells

Race, weight, and correlates of binge eating in female college students

scientific article

Smoking and alcohol use in gastric bypass patients

scientific article published on 17 August 2013

Smoking cessation in college-aged women: A qualitative analysis of factors important to this population

journal article; published in Addiction Research & Theory in 2010

Social Support for Breastfeeding in the Era of mHealth: A Content Analysis

scientific article published on 22 May 2018

Step into Motion: A randomized trial examining the relative efficacy of Internet vs. print-based physical activity interventions

article

Targeting and tailoring physical activity information using print and information technologies

scientific article

Targeting body image schema for smoking cessation among college females: rationale, program description, and pilot study results

scientific article

Telephone versus print delivery of an individualized motivationally tailored physical activity intervention: Project STRIDE.

scientific article published in July 2007

The effect of insurance status on pre- and post-operative bariatric surgery outcomes.

scientific article published on January 2015

The impact of self-monitoring of blood glucose on a behavioral weight loss intervention for patients with type 2 diabetes.

scientific article published on 26 June 2012

User attitudes toward a physical activity promotion website

scientific article published on December 2002

User attitudes towards physical activity websites in a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 16 August 2008

Using Facebook and text messaging to deliver a weight loss program to college students

scientific article

Using avatars to model weight loss behaviors: participant attitudes and technology development

scientific article published on July 2013

Using social media to deliver weight loss programming to young adults: Design and rationale for the Healthy Body Healthy U (HBHU) trial

scientific article

When, why and for whom there is a relationship between physical activity and menopause symptoms

scientific article published on 24 September 2009

Worksite and communications-based promotion of a local walking path.

scientific article published in August 2006

Young adult e-cigarette users: perceptions of stress, body image, and weight control

scientific article published on 15 December 2018