Benjamin T. Crookston
Brigham Young University
104 Papers
327 Citations
Benjamin T. Crookston is an academic researcher from Brigham Young University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 99 publications. Previous affiliations of Benjamin T. Crookston include University of Utah.
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Papers
Correlates of Health-Related Social Media Use Among Adults
TL;DR: People with a regular health care provider, chronic disease, and those in younger age groups are more likely to consult online rankings and reviews and use SNS for health-related activities.
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Children Who Recover from Early Stunting and Children Who Are Not Stunted Demonstrate Similar Levels of Cognition
Benjamin T. Crookston,Mary E. Penny,Stephen C. Alder,Ty T Dickerson,Ray M. Merrill,Joseph B. Stanford,Christina A. Porucznik,Kirk A. Dearden +7 more
TL;DR: Policy makers and program planners should consider redoubling efforts to prevent stunting and promote catch-up growth over the first few years of life as a way of improving children's physical and intellectual development.
Growth faltering and recovery in children aged 1-8 years in four low- and middle-income countries: Young Lives.
Elizabeth A Lundeen,Jere R. Behrman,Benjamin T. Crookston,Kirk A. Dearden,Patrice Engle,Andreas Georgiadis,Mary E. Penny,Aryeh D. Stein +7 more
TL;DR: Post-infancy child growth patterns are characterized and substantial recovery from early stunting among children in four low- and middle-income countries is found.
Controlling Your “App”etite: How Diet and Nutrition-Related Mobile Apps Lead to Behavior Change
Joshua H. West,Lindsay M Belvedere,Rebecca Andreasen,Christine Frandsen,P. Cougar Hall,Benjamin T. Crookston +5 more
TL;DR: Study findings indicate that the use of diet- and nutrition-related apps that focus on improving motivation, desire, self-efficacy, attitudes, knowledge, and goal setting may be particularly useful in helping people to develop healthy dietary habits.
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Sexting among peruvian adolescents
Joshua H. West,Cameron Lister,P. Cougar Hall,Benjamin T. Crookston,Paola Rivera Snow,Maria Elena Zvietcovich,Richard P. West +6 more
TL;DR: Peruvian health officials with an interest in reducing the effects of sexting among adolescents may choose to target boys differently than girls, as well as advising parents to set clear rules and expectations about sexted and the appropriate use of mobile devices.