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Aviva Must, Ph.D.
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Morton A. Madoff Professor and Chair of Public Health and Community Medicine
Dean of Academic Affairs, Public Health and Professional Degree Programs
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| Contact |
Tufts University School of Medicine
136 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111
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| Education |
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Ph.D, Nutrition |
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Tufts University |
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| Research
Focus |
My research focuses on the epidemiology of obesity
across the lifespan with a particular interest in
physical and psychosocial health consequences during
adolescence. Current projects explore bidirectional
associations of child mental health with obesity,
and effects of early obesity on tooth eruption.
Additional research foci include the development
of valid survey measures and surveillance systems
for pediatric obesity and proximal modifiable behaviors
(nutrition, physical activity, sedentary behavior).
Recent efforts have been directed towards developing
the descriptive epidemiology and health promotion
for children with special health care needs, a population
of youth who have been underserved by preventive
health efforts, (ironically) due to their complex
medical needs.
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Publications |
- Must A. Bandini LB, Tybor DJ, Janssen I, Ross R, Dietz WH. Behavioral risk factors in relation to visceral adipose tissue deposition in adolescent females. Int J Pediatric Obesity 2008;3(S1):28-36.
- Tybor DJ, Must A. Waist to height ratio is correlated with height in US children and adolescents age 2-18 y. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 2008;3:148 – 151.
- Kalich K, Chomitz V, Bell R, Peterson K, Must A. An Assessment of School-Based Weight Screening on Students’ Perceived Comfort, Utility and Behavioral Intention, BMC Pediatrics 2008;8:9.
- Anderson SE, Cohen P, Naumova EN, Must A. Association of depression and anxiety disorders with weight change in a prospective community-based study of children followed into adulthood. Arch Ped Adol Med 2006,160:285-91.
- Must A, Naumova EN, Phillips SM, Blum M, Dawson-Hughes B, Rand WM. Childhood overweight and maturational timing in the development of adult overweight and fatness: The Newton Girls Study and its follow-up. Pediatrics 2005;116:620-7.
- Must A, Metallinos-Katsaras, L. ECPANSE: Enumeration of Child State-level Physical Activity & Nutrition Surveillance Efforts (http://go.tufts.edu/ecpanse).
- Anderson SE, Must A. Interpreting the continued decline in the average age at menarche: results from two nationally representative surveys of US girls studied 10 years apart. J Pediatrics 2005; 147:153-60.
- Phillips SM, Bandini LG, Naumova EN, Cyr H, Colclough S, Dietz WH, Must A. Energy-Dense Snack Food Intake in Adolescence. Obesity Research 2004;12:461-72.
- Must A, Spadano J, Coakley EH, Field AE, Colditz G, Dietz WH. The disease burden associated with overweight and obesity in the United States, 1988-1994. JAMA 1999;282:1523-9.
- Must A, Jacques PF, Dallal GE, Bajema CJ, Dietz WH. Long-term morbidity and mortality of overweight adolescents: a follow-up of the Harvard Growth Study 1922 to 1935. New Engl J Med 1992;327:1350-5.
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