Current Novel Research Efforts
- Use emerging technology to assist with dietary self-monitoring, physical activity tracking, and provision of social support.
- Internet Assisted Obesity Treatment Enhanced by Financial Incentives
- Do behavioral weight control program that engages the natural social support system of participants through the shared use of technology and social media produces better weight loss outcomes?
- Use of mobile phones to promote maternal and child feeding and nutrition in Nepal.
Associated Affiliates
- Beets, Michael, Ph.D.
- Campbell, Jeffery, Ph.D.
- Ghattas, Hala, Ph.D.
- Thrasher, Jim, Ph.D.
- Turner-McGrievy, Brie, Ph.D., RD
- Weaver, Glenn, Ph.D.
- West, Delia, Ph.D.
- Wippold, Guillermo, Ph.D.
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Blue MNM, Tinsley GM, Hirsch KR, Ryan ED, Ng BK, Smith-Ryan AE. Validity of total body water measured by multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance devices in a multi-ethnic sample. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. Published online February 2, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.01.026
- Chwyl C, Wright N, Turner-McGrievy GM, Butryn ML, Forman EM. Remotely Delivered Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention Using an Ad Libitum Plant-Based Diet: Pilot Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Results. JMIR Form Res 2022;6(6):e37414. doi: 10.2196/37414
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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
- Devine KA, Viola A, Levonyan‐Radloff K, Mackowski N, Bozzini B, Chandler A, Xu B, Ohman-Strickland P, Mayans S, Farrar-Anton A, Sahler OJZ, Masterson M, Manne S, Arent SM. Feasibility of FitSurvivor: A technology‐enhanced group‐based fitness intervention for adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2020. doi:10.1002/pbc.28530
- DuBois KE, Delgado-Díaz DC, McGrievy M, Wilcox S, Turner-McGrievy G, et al. The Mobile lifestyle intervention for food and exercise (mLife) study: Protocol of a remote behavioral weight loss randomized clinical trial for type 2 diabetes prevention. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2025;148:107735. doi:1016/j.cct.2024.107735
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Elbassuoni S, Ghattas H, Ati JE, et al. Capturing children food exposure using wearable cameras and deep learning. PLOS Digital Health. 2023;2(3):e0000211. doi:10.1371/journal.pdig.0000211
- Harvey J, Krukowski R, Priest J, West D. Log Often, Lose More: Electronic Dietary Self-Monitoring for Weight Loss. Obesity. 2019; 27(3):380-384. doi:10.1002/oby.22382.
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Hung P, Granger M, Boghossian N, Liu J, et al. Dual Barriers: Examining Digital Access and Travel Burdens to Hospital Maternity Care Access in the United States, 2020. The Milbank Quarterly. n/a(n/a). doi:10.1111/1468-0009.12668
- Karami A, Dahl AA, Shaw G Jr., Valappil SP, Turner-McGrievy G, Kharrazi H, Bozorgi P. Analysis of Social Media Discussions on (#)Diet by Blue, Red, and Swing States in the U.S. Healthcare. 2021; 9(5):518. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050518
- Karami A, Dahl AD, Turner-McGrievy B, Kharrazi H, Shaw G. Characterizing diabetes, diet, exercise, and obesity comments on Twitter. International Journal of Information Management. 2018; 38(1):1-6. doi:10.1016/j.ijinformggt.2017.08.002.
- Karami A, Lundy M, Webb F, Turner-McGrievy GM, McKeever BW, McKeever R. Identifying and Analyzing Health-Related Themes in Disinformation Shared by Conservative and Liberal Russian Trolls on Twitter. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. February 2021.
- Mandelbaum J, Harrison SE. Unsystematic Tracking of BMI Through Electronic Medical Records Hinders Weight Management Over the Life Course. Obesity. 2020;28(6):1001-1001. doi:10.1002/oby.22784.
- Turner-McGrievy G, Crimarco A, Wilcox S, Boutte AK, Hutto BE, Muth ER, Hoover A. The role of self-efficacy and information processing in weight loss during an mHealth behavioral intervention. Digital Health. 2020.
- Turner-McGrievy G, Hutto B, Bernhart JA, Wilson (2021). Comparison of the Diet ID Platform to the Automated Self-administered 24-hour (ASA24) Dietary Assessment Tool for Assessment of Dietary Intake.Journal of the American College of Nutrition, doi: 10.1080/07315724.2021.1887775
- Turner-McGrievy GM, Yang CH, Monroe C. Pellegrini C, West DS.Is Burden Always Bad? Emerging Low-Burden Approaches to Mobile Dietary Self-monitoring and the Role Burden Plays with Engagement. technol. behav. Sci, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-021-00203-9.
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Wilcox S, Saunders RP, Kaczynski AT, Rudisill C, et al. Implementation outcomes and associated constructs from the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research among churches trained online to implement Faith, Activity, and Nutrition in a national implementation study. Transl Behav Med. 2025;15(1):ibaf015. doi:10.1093/tbm/ibaf015
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Wilcox S, Saunders RP, Stucker J, Kaczynski AT, et al. A process for converting an in-person training to increase church capacity to implement physical activity and healthy eating practices and policies to an online format. Translational Behavioral Medicine. Published online January 23, 2023:ibac102. doi:10.1093/tbm/ibac102
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Wippold GM, Tucker CM, Farishta A, et al. An in-person and technology-implemented holistic health promotion program for older Black adults in low-income communities. Journal of the National Medical Association. Published online January 2, 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jnma.2023.12.008