Current Novel Research Efforts
- Improving the growth, development, feeding care, and survival of infants and young children globally.
- Understanding how to advance programs and policies for improving nutrition and development.
Associated Affiliate Scholars
- Blake, Christine, Ph.D., RD.
- Bowes, Devin, Ph.D.
- Frongillo, Edward, Ph.D.
- Ghattas, Hala, Ph.D.
- Hebert, James, Ph.D.
- Larson, Leila, Ph.D., MPH
- Liese, Angela, Ph.D.
- Liu, Jihong, Sc.D.
- Perumal, Nandita, Ph.D.
- Thrasher, Jim, Ph.D.
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Akl C, El-Helou N, Safadi G, Ghattas H, et al. Urban school neighbourhoods dominated by unhealthy food retailers and advertisements in Greater Tunis: a geospatial study in the midst of the nutrition transition. Public Health Nutrition. 2024;27(1):e44. doi:10.1017/S1368980023002860
- Bhandari S, Frongillo EA, Suwal R, Schreinemachers P, Gupta AS, Blake CE, Tiwari NP, Cunningham K. Sustaining agriculture and nutrition interventions: Continued engagement of village model farmers in Nepal. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2022. https://doi.org/ 10.1177/03795721221106588
- Bhawra J, Kirkpatrick SI, Hall MG, Vanderlee L, Thrasher JF, Hammond D. Correlates of Self-reported and Functional Understanding of Nutrition Labels across Five Countries in the 2018 International Food Policy Study. The Journal of Nutrition, 2022; nxac018, https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxac018.
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Blake CE, Monterrosa EC, Rampalli KK, Khan, ANS, Reyes LI, Drew SD, Frongillo EA, et al. Basic human values drive food choice decision-making in different food environments of Kenya and Tanzania. Appetite. 2023;188:106620. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2023.106620
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Campbell JM, Kubickova M. Governmental Support for Agritourism Engagement by SMEs: A Resource-Based View of Honduras. Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing. 2023;0(0):1-22. doi:10.1080/08974438.2023.2213228
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Cheshm NK, Ataie-Jafari A, Eghtesadi S, Nikravan A, Shivappa N, Hebert JR. The Association between Dietary Inflammatory and Obesity Indices in University Students in Tehran. Journal of Nutrition and Food Security. Published online 2022. doi:10.18502/jnfs.v8i1.11766
- Cohen CR, Weke E, Frongillo EA, et al. Effect of a Multisectoral Agricultural Intervention on HIV Health Outcomes Among Adults in Kenya: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(12):e2246158. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46158
- Contreras-Manzano J, Nieto C, Jáuregui A, Pérez C, Vanderlee L, Barquera S, Sacks G, Adams J, Thrasher JF, Hammond D. Perceived availability of healthy and unhealthy foods in the community, work, and higher education settings across five countries: Findings from the International Food Policy Study 2018. The Journal of Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.82749
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Cunningham K, Pandey Rana P, Rahman MM, Sen Gupta A, Manandhar S, Frongillo EA. Text messages to improve child diets: Formative research findings and protocol of a randomized controlled trial in Nepal. Maternal & Child Nutrition. n/a(n/a):e13490. doi:10.1111/mcn.13490
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Dramis A, Mejía R, Thrasher JF, Barrientos-Gutiérrez I, Sargent J, Pérez A. The predictive validity of self-rated alcohol susceptibility to alcohol use in early adolescents in Latin America. Alcohol (Hoboken). Published online July 31, 2023. doi:10.1111/acer.15158
- Drew SD, Blake CE, Reyes LI, Gonzalez W, Monterrosa EC. Attributes of parenting identities and food practices among parents in Nairobi, Kenya. Appetite. 180, 106370.
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Frongillo EA, Suresh S, Thapa DK, et al. Impact of Suaahara, an integrated nutrition programme, on maternal and child nutrition at scale in Nepal. Matern Child Nutr. Published online February 11, 2024:e13630. doi:10.1111/mcn.13630
- Hammond D, Vanderlee L, White CM, Acton R, White M, Roberto C, Cameron A, Sacks G, Kirkpatrick S, Dubin J, Adams J, Jauregui A, Thrasher JF. (2022). The Conceptual Framework for the International Food Policy Study: Evaluating the population-level Impact of Food Policy. J Nutr https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxac042
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Iruhiriye E, Frongillo EA, Olney DK, Niyongira E, Nanama S, Blake CE, et al. Understanding differential reductions in undernutrition among districts in Rwanda through the perspectives of mid-level and community actors on policy commitment and policy coherence. Matern Child Nutr. 2024 Mar 1;e13640. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13640
- Iruhiriye E, Olney DK, Frongillo EA, Niyongira E, Nanama S, Rwibasira E, Mbonyi P, Blake CE. Translation of policy for reducing undernutrition from national to sub-national levels in Rwanda. Food Sec. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-022-01271-2
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Isanovic S, Constantinides SV, Frongillo EA, Bhandari S, Samin S, Kenney E, Blake CE, et al. How Perspectives on Food Safety of Vendors and Consumers Translate into Food-Choice Behaviors in 6 African and Asian Countries. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2023;7(1):100015. doi:10.1016/j.cdnut.2022.100015
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Jamaluddine Z, Safadi G, Irani A, Ghattas H, et al. Inequalities in Wellbeing in Lebanese Children and Different Refugee Subpopulations: A Multidimensional Child Deprivation Analysis. Child Ind Res. Published online June 6, 2023. doi:10.1007/s12187-023-10040-2
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Kenney E, Rampalli KK, Samin S, Frongillo EA, Reyes LI, Bhandari S, Boncyk M, Blake CE, et al. How livelihood change affects food choice behaviors in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. Advances in Nutrition. Published online March 9, 2024:100203. doi:10.1016/j.advnut.2024.100203
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Kim SS, Sununtnasuk C, Berhane HY, Frongillo EA, et al. Feasibility and impact of school-based nutrition education interventions on the diets of adolescent girls in Ethiopia: a non-masked, cluster-randomized, controlled trial. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 2023;7(10):686-696. doi:10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00168-2
- Laar A, Addo P, Aryeetey R, Agyemang C, Zotor F, Asiki G, Rampalli KK, Amevinya GS, Tandoh A, Nanema S, Adjei AP, Laar ME, Mensah K, Laryea D, Sellen D, Vandevijvere S, Turner C, Osei-Kwasi H, Spires M, Blake C, Rowland D, Kadiyala S, Madzorera I, Diouf A, Covic N, Dzudzor IM, Annan R, Milani P, Nortey J, Bricas N, Mphumuzi S, Anchang KY, Jafri A, Dhall M, Lee A, Mackay S, Oti SO, Hofman K, Frongillo EA, Holdsworth M. Food environment research priorities for Africa: Lessons from the Africa Food Environment Research Network. Advances in Nutrition 2022.
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Larson LM, Feuerriegel D, Hasan MI, et al. Effects of iron supplementation on neural indices of habituation in Bangladeshi children. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Published online December 23, 2022. doi:10.1016/j.ajcnut.2022.11.023
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Larson LM, Feuerriegel D, Hasan MI, et al. Supplementation With Iron Syrup or Iron-Containing Multiple Micronutrient Powders Alters Resting Brain Activity in Bangladeshi Children. The Journal of Nutrition. Published online December 28, 2022. doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2022.12.026
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Larson LM, Thomas T, Kurpad AV, et al. Predictors of anemia in mothers and children in Uttar Pradesh, India. Public Health Nutr. Published online January 8, 2024:1-40. doi:10.1017/S1368980024000028
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Makoukji M, Amhez NEH, Yehya AAK, Ghattas H, Abunnasr Y, Zurayk R. Food systems under shock: the evolution of food security status of Karantina residents after the Beirut explosion. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 2024;8. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1351541
- McRell AS, Fram MS, Frongillo EA. Adolescent-reported household food insecurity and adolescents’ poor mental and physical health and food insufficiency in Kenya. Current Developments in Nutrition, 2022; nzac117, https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzac117
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Mejía R, Barrientos-Gutiérrez I, Pérez A, Sargent JD, Dramis A, Thrasher JF. The predictive validity of self-rated alcohol susceptibility to alcohol use in early adolescents in Latin America. La validez predictiva de la susceptibilidad al alcohol autoevaluada al consumo de alcohol en adolescentes tempranos en América Latina. Published online July 2023. doi:10.1111/acer.15158
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Mwangi MN, Mzembe G, Ngwira CC, Larson LM, et al. Protocol for a randomized, multicentre, four-arm, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial to assess the benefits and safety of iron supplementation with malaria chemoprevention to children in Malawi: IRMA trial. BMJ Open. 2023;13(10):e069011. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069011
- Nieto C, Jauregui A, Contreras-Manzano A, Kent MP, Sacks G, White CM, Pauzé E, Vanderlee L, Thrasher JF, Barquera S, Hammond D. Adults’ Exposure to Unhealthy Food and Beverage Marketing: A Multi-country Study in Australia, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, and United States. The Journal of Nutrition, 2022;nxab449, https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab449
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Onono MA, Frongillo EA, Sheira L, et al. Links between household-level income-generating agricultural intervention and the psychological wellbeing of adolescent girls in HIV-affected households in southwestern Kenya: A qualitative inquiry. J Nutr. Published online October 18, 2023:S0022-3166(23)72662-X. doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.10.008
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Pepetone A, Frongillo EA, Dodd KW, Wallace MP, Hammond D, Kirkpatrick SI. Prevalence and Severity of Food Insecurity Before and During the coronavirus disease-2019 Pandemic Among Adults and Youth in Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The Journal of Nutrition. Published online January 9, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2022.12.031
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Sheikomar OB, Ghattas H, Sahyoun NR. Relationship between Live-In Grandparents and Grandchild’s Health and Well-Being in Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023;20(1):370. doi:10.3390/ijerph20010370
- Suhett LG, Juvanhol LL, Silva MA, Ribeiro SAV, Hermsdorff HHM, Shivappa N, Hebert JR, de Novaes JF. Interaction effect between breakfast skipping and sedentary behavior in the dietary inflammatory potential in Brazilian schoolchildren: C-DII, breakfast skipping, and sedentary behavior. 2022; 111749.
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Thrasher JF, Villalobos-Daniel VE, Fang D, et al. Assessing transnational spillover effects of Mexico’s front-of-package nutritional labeling system among Mexican Americans in the US. Preventive Medicine. Published online January 11, 2024:107855. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.107855
- Wrottesley SV, Shivappa N, Prioreschi A, Hebert JR, et al. Anti-inflammatory diets reduce the risk of excessive gestational weight gain in urban South Africans from the Soweto First 1000-Day Study (S1000). Eur J Nutr (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-022-02931-x
- Young SL, Bethancourt HJ, Ritter ZR, Frongillo EA. (2022). Estimating national, demographic, and socioeconomic disparities in water insecurity experiences in low-income and middle-income countries in 2020–21: a cross-sectional, observational study using nationally representative survey data. The Lancet Planetary Health. 6:11.
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Young SL, Bethancourt HJ, Frongillo EA, Viviani S, Cafiero C. Concurrence of water and food insecurities, 25 low- and middle-income countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2022. https://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.22.288771